capital city
Noun
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Noun
capital city
- 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).
- (AU) 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.
- (by ellipsis) capital
- French: capitale (of nation), chef-lieu (of a region or département)
- German: Hauptstadt
- Italian: (of nation) capitale, (of a state or regione) capoluogo
- Portuguese: capital
- Russian: столи́ца
- Spanish: capital
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