English Explanatory Dictionary

capital city

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city that is a seat of government.
  2. A city (or cities) much larger or more important to a country than all others, regardless of the actual seat of government (cf., Moscow and Saint Petersburg regardless of moves of the Russian government; Amsterdam despite the Dutch government having been situated in The Hague since 1588).
  3. The major metropolitan areas of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide), all of which happen to be state capitals, and by extension the major metropolitan areas of other countries; note that other state capitals Hobart, Darwin, and national capital Canberra are often excluded.

Pronunciation

/ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/ EN-AU ck1 capital city.ogg

Word forms

capital city capital cities

Synonyms

capital

Translations

Abkhaz: аҳҭнықалақь Afrikaans: hoofstad Akan: ahenkuro Albanian: kryeqytet Albanian: kryevend Southern Altai: тӧс кала Amharic: ዋና ከተማ Arabic: عَاصِمَة Arabic: حَاضِرَة Arabic: عاصْمة Arabic: عاصمة Armenian: մայրաքաղաք Assamese: ৰাজধানী Asturian: capital Avar: тахшагьар North Azerbaijani: baş şəhər North Azerbaijani: paytaxt South Azerbaijani: باششهر South Azerbaijani: پایتخت Bashkir: башҡала Basque: hiriburu Belarusian: сталі́ца Belarusian: сто́льны го́рад Bengali: রাজধানী Breton: kêrbenn Bulgarian: сто́лица Burmese: မြို့တော် Buryat: ниислэл хото Buryat: ниислэл Carpathian Rusyn: головне місто Catalan: capital Chechen: коьрта гӏала Chichewa: likulu Chinese Cantonese: 首都 Chinese Cantonese: 省會 /省会 Chinese Cantonese: 京城 Chinese Cantonese: 龍城 /龙城 Chinese: җинчын Chinese: 首都 Eastern Min Chinese: 首都 Hakka Chinese: 首都 Chinese Mandarin: 首都 Chinese Mandarin: 省會 /省会 Chinese Mandarin: 京城 Chinese Mandarin: 龍城 /龙城 Chinese Mandarin: 首府 Wu Chinese: 首都 Chukchi: эвынным Chukchi: авынгород Chuvash: тӗп хула Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ Crimean Tatar: paytaht Czech: hlavní město Danish: hovedstad Dhivehi: ވެރިރަށް Dutch: hoofdstad Erzya: прявтош
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