English > national capital: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | The capital city of a nation. |
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| Instances | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates's capital | A sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Abuja, capital of Nigeria, Nigerian capital | Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country |
| Accra, capital of Ghana | The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port |
| Addis Ababa, New Flower, capital of Ethiopia | The capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city |
| Algiers, Algerian capital | An ancient port on the Mediterranean |
| Amman, capital of Jordan | The capital and largest city of Jordan |
| Amsterdam, Dutch capital, capital of The Netherlands | An industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands |
| Ankara, Turkish capital, capital of Turkey, Angora | The capital of Turkey |
| Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar | The capital and largest city of Madagascar / Madagascar |
| Apia, capital of Western Samoa | The capital of Western Samoa |
| Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan | The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan |
| Asmara, Asmera | The capital of Eritrea |
| Astana, Akmola, capital of Kazakhstan | Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998 |
| Asuncion, capital of Paraguay | The capital and chief port of Paraguay |
| Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital | The capital and largest city of Greece |
| Baghdad, Bagdad, capital of Iraq | Capital and largest city of Iraq |
| Baku, capital of Azerbaijan | A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production |
| Bamako | The capital of Mali |
| Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep | The capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand |
| Bangui, capital of Central Africa | The capital and largest city of the Central African Republic |
| Banjul, capital of Gambia | A port city and capital of Gambia |
| Basseterre | The capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher |
| Bayrut, Beirut, capital of Lebanon | Capital and largest city of Lebanon |
| Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China | Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China |
| Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland | Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland |
| Belgrade, Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro | Capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro |
| Berlin, German capital | Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany |
| Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland | The capital of Switzerland |
| Bishkek, Biskek, Frunze, capital of Kyrgyzstan | The capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991) |
| Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau | The capital of Guinea-Bissau |
| Bogota, capital of Colombia | Capital and largest city of Colombia |
| Brasilia, Brazilian capital, capital of Brazil | The capital of Brazil |
| Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, Pressburg, Pozsony | Capital and largest city of Slovakia |
| Brazzaville | The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo |
| Bridgetown, capital of Barbados | Capital of Barbados |
| Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian capital, capital of Belgium | The capital and largest city of Belgium |
| Bucharest, Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital of Romania | national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania |
| Budapest, Hungarian capital, capital of Hungary | Capital and largest city of Hungary |
| Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina | Capital and largest city of Argentina |
| Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital of Burundi | The capital and largest city of Burundi |
| Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt | The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa |
| Canberra, Australian capital, capital of Australia | The capital of Australia |
| Caracas, capital of Venezuela | The capital and largest city of Venezuela |
| Cardiff | The capital and largest city of Wales |
| Castries | A port on the island of Saint Lucia |
| Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka | The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka |
| Conakry, Konakri, capital of Guinea | A port and the capital of Guinea |
| Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Danish capital | The capital and largest city of Denmark |
| Dakar, capital of Senegal | The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal |
| Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania | The capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean |
| Dhaka, Dacca, capital of Bangladesh | The capital and largest city of Bangladesh |
| Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria | An ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria |
| Djibouti, capital of Djibouti | port city on the Gulf of Aden |
| Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar | The capital and chief port of Qatar |
| Dublin, Irish capital, capital of Ireland | Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic |
| Dushanbe, Dusanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, capital of Tajikistan | The capital of Tajikistan |
| Edinburgh | The capital of Scotland |
| Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone | port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone |
| Funafuti | Capital of Tuvalu |
| Gaborone, capital of Botswana | Capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast |
| George Town | The capital of the Cayman Islands |
| Georgetown, Stabroek | port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana |
| Gran Santiago, Santiago, Santiago de Chile, capital of Chile | The capital and largest city of Chile |
| Guatemala City, capital of Guatemala | The capital and largest city of Guatemala |
| Hanoi, capital of Vietnam | The capital city of Vietnam |
| Harare, Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe | The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe |
| Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital | The capital and largest city of Cuba |
| Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of Finland, Finnish capital | The capital and largest city of Finland |
| Honiara | national capital of Solomon Islands |
| Islamabad, capital of Pakistan | The capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau |
| Jakarta, Djakarta, capital of Indonesia | Capital and largest city of Indonesia |
| Jerusalem, capital of Israel | Capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed) |
| Kabul, capital of Afghanistan | The capital and largest city of Afghanistan |
| Kampala, capital of Uganda | The capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria |
| Kathmandu, Katmandu, capital of Nepal | The capital and largest city of Nepal |
| Khartoum, capital of Sudan | The capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile |
| Kigali, capital of Rwanda | The national capital and largest city of Rwanda |
| Kingston, capital of Jamaica, Jamaican capital | Capital and largest city of Jamaica |
| Kingstown | The capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Kinshasa, Leopoldville | The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville |
| Kishinev, Chisinau, capital of Moldova | The capital of Moldova |
| Kolonia | Capital of Micronesia |
| Kuwait, Kuwait City, Koweit, capital of Kuwait | A seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait |
| Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine | Capital and largest city of the Ukraine |
| La Paz, capital of Bolivia | Capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government |
| Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City | The sacred city of Lamaism |
| Libreville, capital of Gabon | The capital of Gabon |
| Lilongwe, capital of Malawi | The capital of Malawi |
| Lima, capital of Peru | Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru |
| Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal | Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal |
| Ljubljana | The capital of Slovenia |
| Lome, capital of Togo | capital and largest city of Togo |
| London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom | The capital and largest city of England |
| Luanda, Angolan capital | port city on Atlantic coast |
| Lusaka, capital of Zambia | The capital and largest city of Zambia |
| Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg City, capital of Luxembourg | The capital and largest city of Luxembourg |
| Madrid, capital of Spain, Spanish capital | The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain |
| Malabo | The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea |
| Male | The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands |
| Managua, capital of Nicaragua, Nicaraguan capital | The capital and largest city of Nicaragua |
| Manama, capital of Bahrain | The capital of Bahrain |
| Manila, capital of the Philippines | The capital and largest city of the Philippines |
| Maputo, capital of Mozambique | The capital and largest city of Mozambique |
| Maseru, capital of Lesotho | The capital of Lesotho |
| Mbabane, capital of Swaziland | Capital of Swaziland |
| Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexican capital, capital of Mexico | The capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center |
| Minsk, capital of Belarus | The capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| Mogadishu, Mogadiscio, capital of Somalia | The capital and largest city of Somalia |
| Monaco-Ville | The capital of Monaco |
| Monrovia, Liberian capital, capital of Liberia | The capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia |
| Montevideo, capital of Uruguay | The capital and largest city of Uruguay |
| Moscow, capital of the Russian Federation, Russian capital | A city of central European Russia |
| Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman | A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman |
| N'Djamena, Ndjamena, Fort-Lamy, capital of Chad | The capital and largest city of Chad |
| Nairobi, capital of Kenya | The capital and largest city of Kenya |
| Nassau, capital of the Bahamas | The capital of the Bahamas |
| Niamey, capital of Niger | The capital and largest city of Niger |
| Nicosia, capital of Cyprus | The capital and largest city of Cyprus |
| Nouakchott | capital of Mauritania |
| Oslo, Christiania, capital of Norway | The capital and largest city of Norway |
| Ottawa, Canadian capital, capital of Canada | The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec) |
| Panama City, capital of Panama, Panamanian capital | The capital and largest city of Panama |
| Paramaribo, capital of Suriname | The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam |
| Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France | The capital and largest city of France |
| Phnom Penh, Pnom Penh, Cambodian capital | The capital and largest city of Kampuchea |
| Port-au-Prince, Haitian capital | The capital and largest city of Haiti |
| Port Louis | Capital and chief port of Mauritius |
| Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea | The administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea |
| Port Vila, Vila, capital of Vanuatu | Capital of Vanuatu |
| Port of Spain, Port-of-Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago | The capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad |
| Porto Novo, capital of Benin | The capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon |
| Prague, Praha, Prag, Czech capital | The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country |
| Praia, Cidade de Praia, capital of Cape Verde | The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island |
| Pretoria, capital of South Africa | city in the Transvaal |
| Putrajaya, capital of Malaysia | Malaysia's sparkling new capital |
| Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | Capital of North Korea and an industrial center |
| Quito, capital of Ecuador | The capital of Ecuador |
| Rabat, capital of Morocco | The capital of Morocco |
| Reykjavik, capital of Iceland | The capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland |
| Riga, capital of Latvia | A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia |
| Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia | joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis |
| Rome, Roma, Eternal City, Italian capital, capital of Italy | Capital and largest city of Italy |
| Roseau | The capital and largest city of Dominica |
| San Jose, capital of Costa Rica | The capital and largest city of Costa Rica |
| San Marino, capital of San Marino | The capital and only city of San Marino |
| San Salvador, Salvadoran capital | The capital and largest city of El Salvador |
| Sana, Sanaa, Sana'a | The capital and largest city of Yemen |
| Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo, capital of the Dominican Republic | The capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic |
| Sao Tome | Capital of Sao Tome and Principe |
| Seoul, capital of South Korea | The capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia |
| Singapore, capital of Singapore | The capital of Singapore |
| Skopje, Skoplje, Uskub | Capital of modern Macedonia |
| Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital | Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria |
| St. George's, capital of Grenada | The capital and largest city of Grenada |
| St. John's, Saint John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda | The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda |
| Stockholm, capital of Sweden | The capital and largest city of Sweden |
| Suva | The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island) |
| Taipei, Taipeh, capital of Taiwan | The capital of Nationalist China |
| Tallinn, Tallin, capital of Estonia | A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia |
| Tarawa, Bairiki | national capital of Kiribati |
| Tashkent, Taskent, capital of Uzbek | The capital of Uzbekistan |
| Tbilisi, Tiflis, capital of Georgia | The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river |
| Tegucigalpa, Honduran capital | The capital and largest city of Honduras |
| Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital | The capital and largest city of Iran |
| Tirana, Albanian capital | The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country |
| Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan | The capital and largest city of Japan |
| Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya | The capital and chief port and largest city of Libya |
| Tunis, capital of Tunisia | The capital and principal port of Tunisia |
| Ulan Bator, Ulaanbaatar, Urga, Kulun, capital of Mongolia | The capital and largest city of Mongolia |
| Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein | The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein |
| Valletta, Valetta, capital of Malta | The capital of Malta |
| Victoria, capital of Seychelles | port city and the capital of Seychelles |
| Vienna, Austrian capital, capital of Austria | The capital and largest city of Austria |
| Vientiane, Laotian capital, capital of Laos | The capital and largest city of Laos |
| Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital of Lithuania | The capital and largest city of Lithuania |
| Warszawa, Warsaw, capital of Poland | The capital and largest city of Poland |
| Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States | The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca |
| Wellington, capital of New Zealand | The capital of New Zealand |
| Windhoek | Capital of Namibia in the center of the country |
| Yamoussukro | Capital of the Ivory Coast |
| Yangon, Rangoon | The capital and largest city of Myanmar |
| Yaounde, capital of Cameroon | The capital of Cameroon |
| Yerevan, Jerevan, Erivan, capital of Armenia | Capital of Armenia |
| Zagreb | The capital of Croatia |
| Broader | capital | A seat of government |
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| city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
| Spanish | capital de nación, capital, capital nacional |
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| Catalan | capital de nació, capital nacional |
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