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 |
|---|---|
|
Brussels
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
|
— |
|
Kingstown
linked to:
Canouan
|
— |
| Ain Defla | provincial capital |
| Legislative Palace of Peru | seat of parliament |
|
Ankara
linked to:
Baykal
|
— |
|
Santiago
linked to:
city of Santiago, Chile
|
— |
| The Imperial City | — |
|
Province House (Nova Scotia)
linked to:
Province House
|
seat of legislature |
| Alinor | Capital city |
| Lagos | state capital |
| Frosinone | provincial capital |
|
Salt Lake City
linked to:
Salt Lake City (partially via diversions)
|
state capital |
| Battambang | provincial capital |
| Huế | former capital |
| Bhisho | provincial capital |
| Kalasin | provincial capital |
| Amnat Charoen | provincial capital |
| Chaiyaphum | provincial capital |
| Benin City | state capital |
| Posadas | provincial capital |
|
Kampala
linked to:
Kampala, about 300 km by road
|
national capital |
| Surkhet | provincial capital |
|
Tunceli
linked to:
city of Tunceli
|
provincial capital |
| Bangkok | — |
|
Tari
linked to:
Tari (provincial capital of Hela)
|
provincial capital |
| Preslav | former capital |
|
Port Moresby
linked to:
Moresby
|
national capital |
|
Mary
linked to:
modern city of Mary
|
regional capital |
|
Ashgabat
linked to:
Ahal welaýaty
|
— |
|
Puno
linked to:
city of Puno
|
regional capital |
|
Beijing
linked to:
Beijing (via high-speed network)
|
— |
|
London
linked to:
Bond Court
|
— |
| Abu Dhabi | — |
| Algiers | — |
| Jackson, Mississippi | state capital |
| City of Santiago | — |
| Dhara | former capital |
| Mexico City (federal entity) | — |
| Vilnius | — |
| Parliament House | seat of parliament |
|
Yerevan
linked to:
Yerevan, Armenia
|
— |
| Makurdi | state capital |
| Semarang | provincial capital |
| Dodoma | — |
| Louise Weiss building | seat of parliament |
| Namur | provincial capital |
| Simferopol | regional capital |
| Austin, Texas, United States | state capital |
| Nalchik | — |
| Vaduz | — |