formerCapitalOf
P3417
predicate
Indicates that a place once served as the capital of another entity (such as a country or region) but no longer holds that status.
All labels observed (124)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| wasCapitalOf | 477 |
| formerCapitalOf canonical | 238 |
| formerCapital | 96 |
| servedAsCapitalOf | 55 |
| historicalCapitalOf | 38 |
| previousCapital | 28 |
| predecessorCapital | 22 |
| replacedAsCapitalBy | 20 |
| servedAsCapitalFor | 14 |
| hasHistoricalCapital | 13 |
| hasFormerCapital | 11 |
| wasCapitalDuring | 11 |
| historicCapital | 10 |
| locatedInFormerCapitalOf | 10 |
| hasCapitalAtDifferentTimes | 9 |
| wasProvincialCapitalOf | 8 |
| capitalRelocatedFrom | 7 |
| capitalOfHistoricalKingdom | 6 |
| capitalPeriod | 6 |
| formerPrincelyStateCapital | 6 |
| replacedCapital | 6 |
| wasFormerCapitalOf | 6 |
| capitalCityHistorical | 5 |
| historicalCapitalRole | 5 |
| isFormerCapitalOf | 5 |
| capitalCityInHistory | 4 |
| containsFormerCapital | 4 |
| hasAncientCapital | 4 |
| historicalCapitalLinked | 4 |
| ancientCapital | 3 |
| capitalOfFormerKingdom | 3 |
| historicCapitalOf | 3 |
| historicalCapitalUnderDynasty | 3 |
| historicallyCapitalOf | 3 |
| isHistoricCapitalOf | 3 |
| lastCapital | 3 |
| seeCityFormerCapitalOf | 3 |
| wasRomanCapitalOf | 3 |
| كانت_عاصمة | 3 |
| abandonedAsCapital | 2 |
| capitalUnderRome | 2 |
| finalCapitalOf | 2 |
| formerCapitalCity | 2 |
| formerCapitalCityAssociated | 2 |
| formerPoliticalCenterOf | 2 |
| formerProvinceCapital | 2 |
| hadProvincialCapital | 2 |
| historicalCapitalCityWithin | 2 |
| historicalCapitalGoverned | 2 |
| historicalRegionCapitalOf | 2 |
| isProvisionalCapitalOf | 2 |
| oldCapital | 2 |
| previousCoCapitals | 2 |
| regionCapitalUntil | 2 |
| servedAsRoyalCapitalOf | 2 |
| voivodeshipCapitalUntil | 2 |
| wasCapitalAreaOf | 2 |
| wasOnceCapitalOf | 2 |
| wasProvinceCapitalOf | 2 |
| wasVoivodeshipCapitalOf | 2 |
| capitalCityInAntiquity | 1 |
| capitalCityPreConquest | 1 |
| capitalFoundedOrUsed | 1 |
| capitalOfAncientState | 1 |
| capitalOfHistoricalRegion | 1 |
| capitalOfNawabLocatedAt | 1 |
| countryCapitalMovedFrom | 1 |
| earlierCapitalOf | 1 |
| formerCapitalCityOf | 1 |
| formerCapitalNow | 1 |
| formerCapitalOfCountry | 1 |
| formerCapitalOfUSMissionLocation | 1 |
| formerCapitalWas | 1 |
| formerCountyCapital | 1 |
| formerCountyCapitalOf | 1 |
| formerDistrictCapitalOf | 1 |
| formerNationalCapitalLocation | 1 |
| formerRoyalCapitalLocatedIn | 1 |
| hasCapitalMovedFrom | 1 |
| hasCapitalOfProvinceHistorically | 1 |
| hasFormerCapitalCity | 1 |
| hasFormerCapitalOfFinland | 1 |
| hasFormerCapitalWithin | 1 |
| hasFormerStateCapital | 1 |
| historicalCapitalAssociated | 1 |
| historicalCapitalCity | 1 |
| historicalCapitalFrom | 1 |
| historicalCapitalInUnion | 1 |
| historicalCapitalLocatedIn | 1 |
| historicalCapitalOfBohemia | 1 |
| historicalCapitalOfCzechSilesia | 1 |
| historicalCapitalOfMoravia | 1 |
| historicalCapitalOfRegion | 1 |
| historicallyWasCapitalOf | 1 |
| isCapitalOfFormerRegion | 1 |
| isFormerProvincialCapital | 1 |
| isHistoricRegionCapitalOf | 1 |
| isHistoricalCapitalOf | 1 |
| lostImperialCityStatus | 1 |
| nationalCapitalRelocatedFrom | 1 |
| newCapitalOfRebelItalians | 1 |
| predecessorCapitalForRegion | 1 |
| predecessorCapitalOfNorthernWei | 1 |
| previousCapitalCity | 1 |
| previousCapitalOfFinland | 1 |
| previousCapitalOfRegion | 1 |
| previousProvincialCapitalWas | 1 |
| previousTerritorialCapital | 1 |
| previousVoivodeshipCapitalOf | 1 |
| previouslyCapitalOf | 1 |
| principalColonialCapitalOf | 1 |
| regionCapitalBeforeReform | 1 |
| representsFormerCapital | 1 |
| territorialCapitalMovedFrom | 1 |
| usedToBeCapitalOf | 1 |
| wartimeCapital | 1 |
| wasCapitalOfFrom | 1 |
| wasCoCapitalOf | 1 |
| wasEarlyCenterOf | 1 |
| wasFrenchCapitalOf | 1 |
| wasImperialCapitalOf | 1 |
| wasRegionalCapitalOf | 1 |
| wasVoivodeshipCapitalFrom | 1 |
| عاصمة_تاريخية_رئيسية | 1 |
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: formerCapitalOf
Generated description
Indicates that a place once served as the capital of another entity (such as a country or region) but no longer holds that status.
Sample triples (1,264)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Ulm | 1802 via predicate surface "lostImperialCityStatus" ⓘ |
| Connecticut | Hartford via predicate surface "previousCoCapitals" ⓘ |
| Connecticut |
New Haven, Connecticut
via predicate surface "previousCoCapitals"
ⓘ
surface form:
New Haven
|
| Historic Centre of Mexico City | Viceroyalty of New Spain via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Carnatic region of India | Arcot via predicate surface "capitalOfNawabLocatedAt" ⓘ |
| Luanda |
Angola
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Angola
|
| Mauritania | Saint-Louis, Senegal via predicate surface "capitalRelocatedFrom" ⓘ |
| Budapest |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
via predicate surface "wasCoCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| Charleston | South Carolina ⓘ |
| Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh ⓘ |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad State via predicate surface "formerPrincelyStateCapital" ⓘ |
| Lwów | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Lwów | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Lwów |
Lwów Voivodeship
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Lwów Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
|
| Turin | Kingdom of Sardinia via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Turin | Kingdom of Italy via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Milan | Western Roman Empire via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Milan |
Kingdom of Italy
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
|
| Valladolid |
Castile
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
|
| Valladolid |
Spanish monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Monarchy
|
| Coimbra |
Portugal
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| Brazzaville | French Equatorial Africa via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Sitka |
Russian Empire
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian America
|
| Damascus | Umayyad Caliphate via predicate surface "servedAsCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Poznań | Polish statehood via predicate surface "wasEarlyCenterOf" ⓘ |
| Myanmar | Yangon via predicate surface "formerCapital" ⓘ |
| Kraków | Poland via predicate surface "isFormerCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Tulle | Limousin (de facto shared functions) via predicate surface "regionCapitalBeforeReform" ⓘ |
| Fez | Idrisid dynasty via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Fez | Marinid dynasty via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Fez | Alaouite dynasty via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Jaffna |
Jaffna
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffna Kingdom
|
| Jiangsu | Nanjing via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCapital" ⓘ |
| Naha |
Ryukyu Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Ryukyu Kingdom (de facto modern successor area)
|
| Moscow Oblast | Moscow via predicate surface "previousCapital" ⓘ |
| Bursa | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| Dakar | French West Africa via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Dakar |
Mali
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Mali Federation
|
| Helsinki | Turku via predicate surface "previousCapitalOfFinland" ⓘ |
| Baghdad | Abbasid Caliphate via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Konya |
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Sultanate of Rum
|
| Kaunas | Lithuania via predicate surface "isProvisionalCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Kaunas | Lithuania via predicate surface "servedAsCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Kuomintang | Nanjing via predicate surface "historicalCapitalGoverned" ⓘ |
| Kuomintang | Chongqing via predicate surface "historicalCapitalGoverned" ⓘ |
| Heidelberg |
Electoral Palatinate
via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Electorate of the Palatinate
|
| French West Africa | Saint-Louis via predicate surface "formerCapital" ⓘ |
| Guatemala City | Antigua Guatemala via predicate surface "formerCapital" ⓘ |
| Bratislava | Kingdom of Hungary via predicate surface "wasCapitalOf" ⓘ |
| Alabama | St. Stephens via predicate surface "previousCapital" ⓘ |