wasFirstCapitalOf

P4099
predicate

Indicates that one place previously served as the earliest or original capital city of another political or administrative entity.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
earlyCapitalOf 4
earlierCapitalCity 3
wasFirstCapitalOf canonical 3

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: wasFirstCapitalOf
Generated description
Indicates that one place previously served as the earliest or original capital city of another political or administrative entity.

Sample triples (28)

Subject Object
San Jose California ⓘ
linked to: California, United States
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) none via predicate surface "colonyCapitalOf" ⓘ
Khartoum Mahdist Sudan via predicate surface "wasMahdistCapital" ⓘ
Poznań Poland via predicate surface "wasEarlyCapitalOf" ⓘ
Bursa Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Kingston, New York State of New York ⓘ
linked to: U.S. state of New York
Savannah Georgia via predicate surface "wasFirstStateCapitalOf" ⓘ
British Western Pacific Territories Levuka via predicate surface "capitalInitiallyLocatedIn" ⓘ
Left-bank Ukraine Baturyn via predicate surface "historicalCapitalOfHetmanateLocatedIn" ⓘ
Left-bank Ukraine Hlukhiv via predicate surface "historicalCapitalOfHetmanateLocatedIn" ⓘ
Conquest of Britain Camulodunum via predicate surface "hasCapitalEstablished" ⓘ
Conquest of Britain Colonia Claudia Victricensis via predicate surface "hasCapitalEstablished" ⓘ
Gniezno Land Polish state via predicate surface "earlyPoliticalCenterOf" ⓘ
Gniezno Poland via predicate surface "isFirstCapitalOf" ⓘ
St. Charles, Missouri Missouri via predicate surface "wasFirstStateCapitalOf" ⓘ
Banavasi Kadamba dynasty via predicate surface "earlyCapitalOf" ⓘ
County of Urgell Castellciutat via predicate surface "originalCapital" ⓘ
Amaseia Kingdom of Pontus via predicate surface "earlyCapitalOf" ⓘ
Levuka Fiji via predicate surface "wasFirstColonialCapitalOf" ⓘ
History of Pennsylvania United States via predicate surface "earlyCapitalOf" ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
Overhill Cherokee Tanasi via predicate surface "earlierCapitalTown" ⓘ
Dúnedain of Gondor Osgiliath via predicate surface "earlierCapitalCity" ⓘ
Dúnedain of Gondor Minas Anor via predicate surface "earlierCapitalCity" ⓘ
linked to: Osgiliath
Dúnedain of Gondor Minas Ithil via predicate surface "earlierCapitalCity" ⓘ
آل سعود الدرعية via predicate surface "العاصمة التاريخية الأولى" ⓘ
linked to: Diriyah
الدولة الأموية
linked to: بنو أمية
دمشق via predicate surface "العاصمة_الأولى" ⓘ
linked to: Damascus
Banavasi region Kadamba kingdom via predicate surface "earlyCapitalOf" ⓘ
linked to: Kadamba dynasty
Citadel of the Stars Gondor via predicate surface "originalCapitalOf" ⓘ