Meaning

3 senses
  1. A city that is a seat of government.

    Hauptstadt

    столи́цаstolíca, сто́льный градstólʹnyj grad

    столи́цяstolýcja, сто́льний градstólʹnyj hrad

  2. 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).

  3. (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 sentences
  1. The capital city of France is Paris.

    Столиця Франції — Париж. — deniko

    ruСтолица Франции - Париж. — Balamax

  2. The capital city of the Netherlands is Amsterdam.

    Столиця Нідерландів — Амстердам. — deniko

    ruСтолица Нидерландов - Амстердам. — marafon

    deDie Hauptstadt der Niederlande ist Amsterdam. — Espi

  3. 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

  4. Every country has a capital city.

    У кожної країни є столиця. — deniko

    ruУ каждой страны есть столица. — marafon

    deJedes Land hat eine Hauptstadt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Germany has two capital cities.

    У Німеччини дві столиці. — deniko

    ruВ Германии две столицы. — odexed

    deDeutschland hat zwei Hauptstädte. — bonny37

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
city designated as seat of government:
Русский
By meaning 1
city designated as seat of government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
city designated as seat of government:

Forms

plural: capital cities
Singularcapital city
Pluralcapital cities

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
by ellipsis:capitalA2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
capital city — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto