PROVINCIAL CAPITAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does provincial capital mean?
• PROVINCIAL CAPITAL (noun)
The noun PROVINCIAL CAPITAL has 1 sense:
1. the capital city of a province
Familiarity information: PROVINCIAL CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROVINCIAL CAPITAL (noun)
Meaning:
The capital city of a province
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("provincial 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:
Edmonton (the capital of the province of Alberta)
Whitehorse (the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory)
Regina (the provincial capital of Saskatchewan)
Quebec; Quebec City (the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River)
Charlottetown (the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island)
Toronto (the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada))
Halifax (provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia)
Saint John's; St. John's (a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland)
Fredericton (the provincial capital of New Brunswick)
Winnipeg (the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters)
Victoria (capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island)
Darwin (provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia)
