capitalHistoric

P14584
predicate

Indicates that a location has served as a capital city at some point in history, even if it is not the current capital.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
capitalAtVariousTimes 42
hasCapitalHistorically 38
capitalHistorically 12

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: capitalHistoric
Generated description
Indicates that a location has served as a capital city at some point in history, even if it is not the current capital.

Sample triples (111)

Subject Object
House of Yamato Nara Prefecture
surface form: Yamato Province
House of Yamato Kyoto
surface form: Heian-kyō
Islamic Caliphates Medina via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Islamic Caliphates Kufa via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Islamic Caliphates Damascus via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Islamic Caliphates Baghdad via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Islamic Caliphates Cairo via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Islamic Caliphates Cordoba (historical) via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
surface form: Córdoba
Islamic Caliphates Istanbul via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Duke of Saxony Magdeburg via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Duke of Saxony Wittenberg via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Duke of Saxony Dresden via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Sumer Ur via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Sumer Uruk via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Sumer Lagash via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Hejaz Mecca via predicate surface "capitalHistorically"
United Nations Trust Territory Kolonia via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
United Nations Trust Territory Saipan via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Dhundhar Jaipur via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Marwar Jodhpur via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorical"
Udarata (Up-Country)
surface form: Udarata
Kandy via predicate surface "administrativeCenterHistorical"
Samogitia Raseiniai via predicate surface "administrativeCenterHistorical"
Samogitia Varniai via predicate surface "administrativeCenterHistorical"
Persia Persepolis via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Persia Pasargadae via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Persia Susa via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Persia Ctesiphon via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Persia Isfahan via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Persia Tehran via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Sasun region town of Sason via predicate surface "administrativeCenterHistorical"
Nyland Helsinki via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
surface form: Helsingfors
Nyland Helsinki via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Carpathian Ruthenia Uzhhorod via predicate surface "capitalHistoricallyAssociated"
Rex Siciliae Palermo via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Rex Siciliae Naples via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Bornu Ngazargamu via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Bornu Kukawa via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Bornu Maiduguri via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Felvidék Pozsony via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Mewar region Udaipur via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Sayfawa dynasty Njimi via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Sayfawa dynasty Ngazargamu via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Sayfawa dynasty Kukawa via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Limburg Limbourg via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistorically"
Ashanti people Kumasi via predicate surface "capitalHistoricalState"
court of Constantius II Constantinople (probable) via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
surface form: Constantinople
court of Constantius II Antioch via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
court of Constantius II Sirmium via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
court of Constantius II Milan via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"
Republican era Nanjing via predicate surface "capitalAtVariousTimes"