capital city
A city that is a seat of governmentA city that is a seat of government.
» The capital city of France is Paris.
Столица Франции - Париж.
Столиця Франції — Париж.
Meaning
3 sensesA city that is a seat of government.
Hauptstadt
столи́цаstolíca, сто́льный градstólʹnyj grad
столи́цяstolýcja, сто́льний градstólʹnyj hrad
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).
(Australia)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.
Examples
130 sentencesThe capital city of France is Paris.
Столиця Франції — Париж. — deniko
ruСтолица Франции - Париж. — Balamax
The capital city of the Netherlands is Amsterdam.
Столиця Нідерландів — Амстердам. — deniko
ruСтолица Нидерландов - Амстердам. — marafon
deDie Hauptstadt der Niederlande ist Amsterdam. — Espi
We are forty kilometers away from the capital city.
ruМы в сорока километрах от столицы. — odexed
deWir sind vierzig Kilometer von der Hauptstadt entfernt. — samueldora
Every country has a capital city.
У кожної країни є столиця. — deniko
ruУ каждой страны есть столица. — marafon
deJedes Land hat eine Hauptstadt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Germany has two capital cities.
У Німеччини дві столиці. — deniko
ruВ Германии две столицы. — odexed
deDeutschland hat zwei Hauptstädte. — bonny37
Translations
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Forms
plural: capital cities| Singular | capital city |
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