capital city
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
capital city
- /ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/
noun capital cities
- A city that is a seat of government.
- 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).
-
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.
Similar: capital
Translations
Every language
noun city designated as seat of government
| Español | capital |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수도 sudo, 서울 seoul |
| 日本語 | 首都 shuto, 都 miyako |
| 中文 | 首都 shǒudū, 省會 /省会 shěnghuì, 京城 jīngchéng, 龍城 /龙城 lóngchéng, 首府 shǒufǔ |
| हिन्दी | राजधानी rājdhānī |
| Kiswahili | mji mkuu |
| Português | capital |
| Français | capitale, chef-lieu (of a region or département) |
| Deutsch | Hauptstadt |
| Italiano | capitale, capoluogo |
| Ελληνικά | πρωτεύουσα protévousa |
| Română | capitală |
| Русский | столи́ца stolíca, сто́льный град stólʹnyj grad |
| Tiếng Việt | thủ đô, thủ phủ |
| العربية | عَاصِمَة ʕāṣima, حَاضِرَة ḥāḍira |
| עברית | בִּירָה birá |
Talk about this word "capital city." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/capital%20city. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. capital city. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/capital%20city "capital city." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/capital%20city.Cite this
@misc{capital_city_2026,
title = {capital city},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capital%20city},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
