NATIONAL CAPITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does national capital mean? 

• NATIONAL CAPITAL (noun)
  The noun NATIONAL CAPITAL has 1 sense:

1. the capital city of a nation

  Familiarity information: NATIONAL CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATIONAL CAPITAL (noun)

Meaning:

The capital city of a nation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("national capital" is a kind of...):

capital (a seat of government)

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Instance hyponyms:

Amman; capital of Jordan (the capital and largest city of Jordan)

capital of Malta; Valetta; Valletta (the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island)

Bamako (the capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger)

Male (the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands)

capital of Malawi; Lilongwe (the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi)

Antananarivo; capital of Madagascar (the capital and largest city of Madagascar)

Skopje; Skoplje; Uskub (capital of modern Macedonia)

capital of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxembourg City; Luxembourg-Ville; Luxemburg (the capital and largest city of Luxembourg)

capital of Liechtenstein; Vaduz (the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein)

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)

capital of Oman; Masqat; Muscat (a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman)

Abuja; capital of Nigeria; Nigerian capital (capital of Nigeria in the center of the country)

capital of Niger; Niamey (the capital and largest city of Niger)

capital of New Zealand; Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

capital of Mozambique; Maputo (the capital and largest city of Mozambique)

capital of Morocco; Rabat (the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast)

capital of Mongolia; Kulun; Ulaanbaatar; Ulan Bator; Urga (the capital and largest city of Mongolia)

Monaco-Ville (the capital of Monaco)

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 Liberia; Liberian capital; Monrovia (the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia)

capital of Guinea; Conakry; Konakri (a port and the capital of Guinea)

capital of Grenada; St. George's (the capital and largest city of Grenada)

Accra; capital of Ghana (the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port)

Banjul; capital of Gambia (a port city and capital of Gambia)

capital of Gabon; Libreville (the capital of Gabon)

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 Kuwait; Koweit; Kuwait; Kuwait City (a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait)

capital of Kenya; Nairobi (the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris)

Bissau; capital of Guinea-Bissau (the capital of Guinea-Bissau)

Georgetown; Stabroek (port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana)

capital of Lesotho; Maseru (the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho)

Bayrut; Beirut; capital of Lebanon (capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean)

capital of Laos; Laotian capital; Vientiane (the capital and largest city of Laos)

capital of South Korea; Seoul (the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea)

capital of North Korea; Pyongyang (capital of North Korea and an industrial center)

capital of Iceland; Reykjavik (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water)

Budapest; capital of Hungary; Hungarian capital (capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary)

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)

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 Tunisia; Tunis (the capital and principal port of Tunisia)

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 Tanzania; Dar es Salaam (the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)

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)

Bern; Berne; capital of Switzerland (the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland)

capital of Swaziland; Mbabane (capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland)

capital of Suriname; Paramaribo (the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam)

capital of Sudan; Khartoum (the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile)

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)

capital of Zambia; Lusaka (the capital and largest city of Zambia)

Sana; Sana'a; Sanaa (the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau)

capital of Vietnam; Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam)

capital of Venezuela; Caracas (the capital and largest city of Venezuela)

capital of Vanuatu; Port Vila; Vila (capital of Vanuatu)

capital of Uruguay; Montevideo (the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America)

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)

Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates's capital (a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates)

capital of Spain; Madrid; Spanish capital (the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum)

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)

Apia; capital of Western Samoa (the capital of Western Samoa)

Kingstown (the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent)

Castries (a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia)

Basseterre (the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher)

Bida; capital of Qatar; Doha; El Beda (the capital and chief port of Qatar)

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)

capital of Poland; Warsaw; Warszawa (the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland)

capital of the Philippines; Manila (the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon)

capital of San Marino; San Marino (the capital and only city of San Marino)

Sao Tome (capital of Sao Tome and Principe)

capital of South Africa; Pretoria (city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa)

capital of Somalia; Mogadiscio; Mogadishu (the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean)

Honiara (national capital of Solomon Islands)

capital of Singapore; Singapore (the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports)

capital of Sierra Leone; Freetown (port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone)

capital of Seychelles; Victoria (port city and the capital of Seychelles)

capital of Senegal; Dakar (the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal)

capital of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh (joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia)

capital of Zimbabwe; Harare; Salisbury (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe)

capital of Japan; Edo; Japanese capital; Tokio; Tokyo; Yeddo; Yedo (the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan)

Windhoek (capital of Namibia in the center of the country)

capital of Panama; Panama City; Panamanian capital (the capital and largest city of Panama)

capital of Nicaragua; Managua; Nicaraguan capital (the capital and largest city of Managua)

Salvadoran capital; San Salvador (the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes)

Honduran capital; Tegucigalpa (the capital and largest city of Honduras)

capital of Guatemala; Guatemala City (the capital and largest city of Guatemala)

Yamoussukro (capital of the Ivory Coast)

capital of Costa Rica; San Jose (the capital and largest city of Costa Rica)

Kinshasa; Leopoldville (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville)

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 (capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas)

capital of Togo; Lome (capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea)

capital of Benin; Porto Novo (the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon)

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)

capital of Cyprus; Nicosia (the capital and largest city of Cyprus)

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 Jamaica; Jamaican capital; Kingston (capital and largest city of Jamaica)

capital of the Dominican Republic; Ciudad Trujillo; Santo Domingo (the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic)

Haitian capital; Port-au-Prince (the capital and largest city of Haiti)

Brazzaville (the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo)

Bogota; capital of Colombia (capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain)

Rangoon; Yangon (the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta)

Bulgarian capital; Serdica; Sofia (capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria)

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)

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)

Angolan capital; Luanda (port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola)

Algerian capital; Algiers (an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria)

Albanian capital; Tirana (the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country)

capital of Afghanistan; Kabul (the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan)

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 Taiwan; Taipeh; Taipei (the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan)

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 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)

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 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)

Bangui; capital of Central Africa (the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic)

capital of Cape Verde; Cidade de Praia; Praia (the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island)

capital of Cameroon; Yaounde (the capital of Cameroon)

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)

Belgian capital; Brussels; Bruxelles; capital of Belgium (the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

capital of Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka (the capital and largest city of Bangladesh)

capital of Bahrain; Manama (the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island)

capital of the Bahamas; Nassau (the capital of the Bahamas)

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 Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby (the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea)

Bairiki; Tarawa (national capital of Kiribati)

Funafuti (capital of Tuvalu)

capital of Botswana; Gaborone (capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast)

Brasilia; Brazilian capital; capital of Brazil (the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960)

capital of Iran; Iranian capital; Teheran; Tehran (the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran)

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 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 Nepal; Kathmandu; Katmandu (the capital and largest city of Nepal)

capital of India; Indian capital; New Delhi (the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi)

Al Qahira; Cairo; capital of Egypt; Egyptian capital; El Qahira (the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs)

capital of Ireland; Dublin; Irish capital (capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State)

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)

Kolonia (capital of Micronesia)

Australian capital; Canberra; capital of Australia (the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia)

Suva (the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island))

Addis Ababa; capital of Ethiopia; New Flower (the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia)

Asmara; Asmera (the capital of Eritrea)

capital of Ecuador; Quito (the capital of Ecuador)

Berlin; German capital (capital of Germany located in eastern Germany)

capital of Sweden; Stockholm (the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic)

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)

Malabo (the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea)

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))

Canadian capital; capital of Canada; Ottawa (the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec))

Zagreb (the capital of Croatia)

Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Belgrade; Beograd; capital of Serbia and Montenegro (capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube)

capital of Rwanda; Kigali (the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda)

Bucharest; Bucharesti; Bucuresti; capital of Romania (national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania)

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)

capital of Israel; Jerusalem (capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom)

Bagdad; Baghdad; capital of Iraq (capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River)