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  1. Capital city - Wikipedia

    • A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constituti… See more

    Terminology and etymology

    The word capital derives from the Latin word caput (genitive capitis), meaning 'head', later borrowed from Medieval Latin capitālis ('of the head'). The Latin phrase Roma Caput Mundi meaning 'Rome capital of the world' (lit. 'head o… See more

    Origins

    Historically, the major economic centre of a state or region has often become the focal point of political power, and became a capital through conquest or federation. Historical examples are ancient Babylon, ancient Ath… See more

    Modern capitals

    Many modern capital cities are located near the centre of the country, so that they are more accessible to its population and have better protection from possible invasions. (See also § Capitals in military strategy) The locatio… See more

     
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    cap·i·tal
    [ˈkapədl]
    noun
    capital city (noun)
    1. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center:
      "Warsaw is the capital of Poland"
      Similar:
      first city
      most important city
      seat of government
      center of administration
      • a place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product:
        "Milan is the fashion capital of the world"
    2. wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing:
      "rates of return on invested capital were high" · "the senior partner would provide the initial capital"
      • the excess of a company's assets over its liabilities.
      • people who possess wealth and use it to control a society's economic activity, considered collectively:
        "a conflict of interest between capital and labor"
      • a valuable resource of a particular kind:
        "there is insufficient investment in human capital"
    3. a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names:
      "he wrote the name in capitals"
    Origin
    Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’.
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  2. a city which is the center of government for a country or other political area
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/capital
    A capital city, or capital town or capital, is a city or town, specified by law or constitution, by the government of a country, or part of a country, such as a state, province, or county.
    simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_city
    the most important city in a country or state, where the government is based: Paris is the capital of France.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/…
    (also capital city) [countable] the most important town or city of a country or region, where the government operates from Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
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