national capital

1. The capital city of a nation (synset 108709407)
   is a type of:

   • capital - a seat of government
   • city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
   specific instances:

   • windhoek - capital of Namibia in the center of the country
   • capital of afghanistan, kabul - the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan
   • albanian capital, tirana - the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country
   • algerian capital, algiers - an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
   • angolan capital, luanda - port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola
   • george town - the capital of the Cayman Islands
   • capital of antigua and barbuda, saint john's, st. john's - the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua
   • buenos aires, capital of argentina - capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
   • bulgarian capital, serdica, sofia - capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria
   • rangoon, yangon - the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta
   • bujumbura, capital of burundi, usumbura - the capital and largest city of Burundi
   • cambodian capital, phnom penh, pnom penh - the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
   • capital of cameroon, yaounde - the capital of Cameroon
   • capital of cape verde, cidade de praia, praia - the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island
   • bangui, capital of central africa - the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic
   • capital of sri lanka, colombo - the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
   • capital of chad, fort-lamy, n'djamena, ndjamena - the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river
   • capital of chile, gran santiago, santiago, santiago de chile - the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America
   • beijing, capital of red china, peiping, peking - capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
   • capital of taiwan, taipeh, taipei - the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
   • bogota, capital of colombia - capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain
   • brazzaville - the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo
   • kinshasa, leopoldville - the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville
   • capital of costa rica, san jose - the capital and largest city of Costa Rica
   • yamoussukro - capital of the Ivory Coast
   • capital of guatemala, guatemala city - the capital and largest city of Guatemala
   • honduran capital, tegucigalpa - the capital and largest city of Honduras
   • salvadoran capital, san salvador - the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes
   • capital of nicaragua, managua, nicaraguan capital - the capital and largest city of Nicaragua
   • capital of panama, panama city, panamanian capital - the capital and largest city of Panama
   • capital of mexico, ciudad de mexico, mexican capital, mexico city - the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
   • capital of cuba, cuban capital, havana - the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas
   • haitian capital, port-au-prince - the capital and largest city of Haiti
   • capital of the dominican republic, ciudad trujillo, santo domingo - the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic
   • capital of jamaica, jamaican capital, kingston - capital and largest city of Jamaica
   • bridgetown, capital of barbados - capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
   • capital of trinidad and tobago, port of spain, port-of-spain - the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
   • capital of cyprus, nicosia - the capital and largest city of Cyprus
   • czech capital, prag, prague, praha - the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
   • bratislava, capital of slovakia, pozsony, pressburg - capital and largest city of Slovakia
   • capital of benin, porto novo - the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon
   • capital of togo, lome - capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea
   • copenhagen, danish capital, kobenhavn - the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
   • capital of djibouti, djibouti - port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti
   • roseau - the capital and largest city of Dominica
   • malabo - the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea
   • capital of norway, christiania, oslo - the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
   • capital of sweden, stockholm - the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic
   • berlin, german capital - capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
   • capital of ecuador, quito - the capital of Ecuador
   • asmara, asmera - the capital of Eritrea
   • addis ababa, capital of ethiopia, new flower - the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
   • suva - the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)
   • capital of finland, finnish capital, helsingfors, helsinki - the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
   • athens, athinai, capital of greece, greek capital - the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
   • capital of israel, jerusalem - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
   • capital of italy, eternal city, italian capital, roma, rome - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
   • bucharest, bucharesti, bucuresti, capital of romania - national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
   • capital of rwanda, kigali - the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda
   • belgrade, beograd, capital of serbia and montenegro - capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube
   • ljubljana - the capital of Slovenia
   • zagreb - the capital of Croatia
   • canadian capital, capital of canada, ottawa - the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
   • australian capital, canberra, capital of australia - the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia
   • kolonia - capital of Micronesia
   • funafuti - capital of Tuvalu
   • bairiki, tarawa - national capital of Kiribati
   • capital of papua new guinea, port moresby - the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea
   • austrian capital, capital of austria, vienna - the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
   • capital of the bahamas, nassau - the capital of the Bahamas
   • capital of bahrain, manama - the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island
   • capital of bangladesh, dacca, dhaka - the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
   • belgian capital, brussels, bruxelles, capital of belgium - the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
   • capital of botswana, gaborone - capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast
   • capital of bolivia, la paz - capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
   • brasilia, brazilian capital, capital of brazil - the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
   • british capital, capital of the united kingdom, greater london, london - the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
   • belfast, capital of northern ireland - capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
   • capital of ireland, dublin, irish capital - capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
   • edinburgh - the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
   • cardiff - the capital and largest city of Wales
   • al qahira, cairo, capital of egypt, egyptian capital, el qahira - the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
   • capital of nepal, kathmandu, katmandu - the capital and largest city of Nepal
   • capital of tibet, forbidden city, lassa, lhasa - the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
   • capital of indonesia, djakarta, jakarta - capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
   • capital of iran, iranian capital, teheran, tehran - the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
   • bagdad, baghdad, capital of iraq - capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
   • capital of japan, edo, japanese capital, tokio, tokyo, yeddo, yedo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
   • amman, capital of jordan - the capital and largest city of Jordan
   • capital of kenya, nairobi - the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
   • capital of kuwait, koweit, kuwait, kuwait city - a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait
   • capital of france, city of light, french capital, paris - the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
   • capital of gabon, libreville - the capital of Gabon
   • banjul, capital of gambia - a port city and capital of Gambia
   • accra, capital of ghana - the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
   • capital of grenada, st. george's - the capital and largest city of Grenada
   • capital of guinea, conakry, konakri - a port and the capital of Guinea
   • bissau, capital of guinea-bissau - the capital of Guinea-Bissau
   • georgetown, stabroek - port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana
   • amsterdam, capital of the netherlands, dutch capital - an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
   • budapest, capital of hungary, hungarian capital - capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary
   • capital of iceland, reykjavik - the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
   • capital of north korea, pyongyang - capital of North Korea and an industrial center
   • capital of south korea, seoul - the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
   • capital of laos, laotian capital, vientiane - the capital and largest city of Laos
   • bayrut, beirut, capital of lebanon - capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean
   • capital of lesotho, maseru - the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho
   • capital of liberia, liberian capital, monrovia - the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia
   • capital of libya, tarabulus al-gharb, tripoli - the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
   • capital of liechtenstein, vaduz - the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein
   • capital of luxembourg, luxembourg, luxembourg city, luxembourg-ville, luxemburg - the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
   • skopje, skoplje, uskub - capital of modern Macedonia
   • antananarivo, capital of madagascar - the capital and largest city of Madagascar
   • capital of malawi, lilongwe - the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi
   • capital of malaysia, putrajaya - Malaysia's sparkling new capital
   • male - the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
   • bamako - the capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger
   • capital of malta, valetta, valletta - the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island
   • nouakchott - capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast
   • port louis - capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island
   • monaco-ville - the capital of Monaco
   • capital of mongolia, kulun, ulaanbaatar, ulan bator, urga - the capital and largest city of Mongolia
   • capital of morocco, rabat - the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast
   • capital of mozambique, maputo - the capital and largest city of Mozambique
   • capital of new zealand, wellington - the capital of New Zealand
   • capital of niger, niamey - the capital and largest city of Niger
   • abuja, capital of nigeria, nigerian capital - capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
   • capital of oman, masqat, muscat - a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
   • capital of pakistan, islamabad - the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959
   • asuncion, capital of paraguay - the capital and chief port of Paraguay
   • capital of peru, lima - capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
   • capital of the philippines, manila - the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
   • capital of poland, warsaw, warszawa - the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
   • capital of portugal, lisboa, lisbon - capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic
   • bida, capital of qatar, doha, el beda - the capital and chief port of Qatar
   • basseterre - the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher
   • castries - a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia
   • kingstown - the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent
   • apia, capital of western samoa - the capital of Western Samoa
   • capital of san marino, san marino - the capital and only city of San Marino
   • sao tome - capital of Sao Tome and Principe
   • capital of saudi arabia, riyadh - joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia
   • capital of senegal, dakar - the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
   • capital of seychelles, victoria - port city and the capital of Seychelles
   • capital of sierra leone, freetown - port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone
   • capital of singapore, singapore - the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports
   • honiara - national capital of Solomon Islands
   • capital of somalia, mogadiscio, mogadishu - the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
   • capital of south africa, pretoria - city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
   • capital of the russian federation, moscow, russian capital - a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
   • capital of belarus, minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
   • capital of estonia, tallin, tallinn - a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia
   • capital of latvia, riga - a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
   • capital of lithuania, vilna, vilnius, vilno, wilno - the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
   • capital of moldova, chisinau, kishinev - the capital of Moldova
   • capital of the ukraine, kiev, kyyiv - capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
   • capital of armenia, erivan, jerevan, yerevan - capital of Armenia
   • baku, capital of azerbaijan - a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
   • capital of georgia, tbilisi, tiflis - the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
   • akmola, astana, capital of kazakhstan - remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998
   • bishkek, biskek, capital of kyrgyzstan, frunze - the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)
   • capital of tajikistan, dusanbe, dushanbe, dyushambe, stalinabad - the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991
   • ashkhabad, capital of turkmenistan - the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan
   • capital of uzbek, tashkent, taskent - the capital of Uzbekistan
   • capital of spain, madrid, spanish capital - the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum
   • capital of sudan, khartoum - the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile
   • capital of suriname, paramaribo - the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam
   • capital of swaziland, mbabane - capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland
   • bern, berne, capital of switzerland - the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland
   • capital of syria, damascus, dimash - an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
   • capital of tanzania, dar es salaam - the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
   • bangkok, capital of thailand, krung thep - the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture
   • capital of tunisia, tunis - the capital and principal port of Tunisia
   • angora, ankara, capital of turkey, turkish capital - the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
   • capital of uganda, kampala - the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
   • abu dhabi, united arab emirates's capital - a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates
   • american capital, capital of the united states, washington, washington d.c. - the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
   • capital of uruguay, montevideo - the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America
   • capital of vanuatu, port vila, vila - capital of Vanuatu
   • capital of venezuela, caracas - the capital and largest city of Venezuela
   • capital of vietnam, hanoi - the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
   • sana, sana'a, sanaa - the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau
   • capital of zambia, lusaka - the capital and largest city of Zambia
   • capital of zimbabwe, harare, salisbury - the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe

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