capital city
C21
concept
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| capital city canonical | 414 |
| provincial capital | 188 |
| state capital | 131 |
| former capital | 85 |
| regional capital | 54 |
| seat of legislature | 52 |
| seat of parliament | 24 |
| former national capital | 19 |
| national capital | 17 |
| U.S. state capital | 12 |
| administrative capital | 5 |
| federal city | 3 |
| Capital city | 2 |
| de facto capital | 2 |
| Cherokee capital | 1 |
| capital city in Azeroth | 1 |
| capital city title | 1 |
| capital city type | 1 |
| capital municipality | 1 |
| capital of Egypt | 1 |
| capital of France | 1 |
| capital of Gondor | 1 |
| legislative capital | 1 |
| national capitol | 1 |
| prefecture capital | 1 |
| столица | 1 |
| عاصمة إقليم | 1 |
| عاصمة وطنية | 1 |
| დედაქალაქი | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: capital city
Generated description
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
Instances (1,008)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Salem, Oregon | state capital |
| Paramaribo | — |
| City of Richmond | state capital |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | regional capital |
| San Lázaro Legislative Palace | seat of parliament |
| Maebashi | — |
|
Victoria City
surface form:
Victoria
|
provincial capital |
| George Town, Grand Cayman | — |
|
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
surface form:
Naha
|
— |
| Port-au-Prince | — |
|
Columbia
surface form:
Columbia, South Carolina
|
state capital |
| Saint Helier | — |
| Jakarta | — |
| Piura | regional capital |
| Parliament House | seat of legislature |
| Nanjing | provincial capital |
| Changsha | provincial capital |
|
KK
surface form:
Kota Kinabalu
|
state capital |
| Saint Peter Port | — |
| San José | — |
| Paraná, Entre Ríos | provincial capital |
|
Washington, D.C. (periodically, during Joe Biden’s presidency)
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | — |
| Caesarea Maritima | provincial capital |
| Mito | — |
| Ardabil | provincial capital |
| Helena, Montana, United States | state capital |
| Hunza | former capital |
|
Banten
surface form:
Jakarta
|
— |
| Providence | state capital |
|
Concepción (capital of Biobío Region)
surface form:
Concepción
|
regional capital |
| Kingston, Jamaica | — |
| King's Landing | Capital city |
|
Washington, D.C. (headquarters of GSA)
surface form:
Washington, D.C.
|
— |
| Santiago del Estero | provincial capital |
| Legislature of American Samoa (Fono) complex | seat of legislature |
| Sofia | — |
| Quetta | provincial capital |
| Lisbon | — |
| Niğde | provincial capital |
| Ras | former capital |
| Zagreb | — |
| Bucharest | — |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | — |
| ᠬᠣᠸᠠᠬᠣᠲᠠ | — |
|
Lusaka, Zambia
surface form:
Lusaka
|
— |
| Honolulu | — |
|
Suriname
surface form:
Paramaribo
|
— |
| Roseau, Dominica | — |
| Ljubljana | — |