Capital city

/ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/

Synonyms for "capital city" (148 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

Strong matches (44)

Related words (74)

Adjective(6 words)
official national capitalprovincial capital cityprovincial capitalsprovincial citysweden-based capitalswedish kapital

Translations

240 translations across 169 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • аҳҭнықалақь noun (city designated as seat of government)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • hoofstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Akan

1 entries
  • ahenkuro noun (city designated as seat of government)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kryeqytet noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • kryevend noun (city designated as seat of government)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ዋና ከተማ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μητρόπολις noun (city designated as seat of government)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حَاضِرَة noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • عاصمة noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • عاصْمة noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • عَاصِمَة noun (city designated as seat of government)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մայրաքաղաք noun (city designated as seat of government)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ৰাজধানী noun (city designated as seat of government)

Asturian

1 entries
  • capital noun (city designated as seat of government)

Avar

1 entries
  • тахшагьар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • башҡала noun (city designated as seat of government)

Basque

1 entries
  • hiriburu noun (city designated as seat of government)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Hauptstod noun (city designated as seat of government)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • сталі́ца noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • сто́льны го́рад noun (city designated as seat of government)

Bengali

1 entries
  • রাজধানী noun (city designated as seat of government)

Breton

1 entries
  • kêrbenn noun (city designated as seat of government)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сто́лица noun (city designated as seat of government)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မြို့တော် noun (city designated as seat of government)

Buryat

2 entries
  • ниислэл noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ниислэл хото noun (city designated as seat of government)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • головне місто noun (city designated as seat of government)

Catalan

1 entries
  • capital noun (city designated as seat of government)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پایتەخت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chechen

1 entries
  • коьрта гӏала noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • likulu noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chinese

2 entries
  • җинчын noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 京城 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 省會 /省会 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 龍城 /龙城 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 京城 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 省會 /省会 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 首府 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chukchi

2 entries
  • авынгород noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • эвынным noun (city designated as seat of government)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • стольнъ градъ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • тӗп хула noun (city designated as seat of government)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • paytaht noun (city designated as seat of government)

Czech

1 entries
  • hlavní město noun (city designated as seat of government)

Danish

1 entries
  • hovedstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Dari

1 entries
  • پَایْتَخْت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ވެރިރަށް noun (city designated as seat of government)

Dutch

1 entries
  • hoofdstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries
  • heufdstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

East Central German

1 entries
  • Hauptstoadt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Erzya

1 entries
  • прявтош noun (city designated as seat of government)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĉefurbo noun (city designated as seat of government)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pealinn noun (city designated as seat of government)

Faroese

1 entries
  • høvuðsstaður noun (city designated as seat of government)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pääkaupunki noun (city designated as seat of government)

French

2 entries
  • capitale noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • chef-lieu (of a region or département) noun (city designated as seat of government)

Friulian

1 entries
  • capitâl noun (city designated as seat of government)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • baş kasaba noun (city designated as seat of government)

Galician

1 entries
  • capital noun (city designated as seat of government)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დედაქალაქი noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • სატახტო ქალაქი noun (city designated as seat of government)

German

1 entries
  • Hauptstadt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Greek

1 entries
  • πρωτεύουσα noun (city designated as seat of government)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • રાજધાની noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kapikala noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בִּירָה noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hindi

1 entries
  • राजधानी noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • főváros noun (city designated as seat of government)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Hauptstatt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • höfuðborg noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ido

1 entries
  • chef-urbo noun (city designated as seat of government)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ibu kota noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • päälinna noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • stolitsa noun (city designated as seat of government)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • پایْتَخْت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Irish

3 entries
  • ardchathair noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ceannphort noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • príomhchathair noun (city designated as seat of government)

Italian

2 entries
  • capitale noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • capoluogo noun (city designated as seat of government)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 都 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ibu kutha noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kachchi

1 entries
  • રાજધાની noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • хотл балһсн noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kalo Finnish Romani

1 entries
  • ȟeeresko fooros noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ರಾಜಧಾನಿ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • stolëca noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • астана noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • елорда noun (city designated as seat of government)

Khmer

2 entries
  • រដ្ឋធានី noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • រាជធានី noun (city designated as seat of government)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • юркар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • юркар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kongo

1 entries
  • mbanza-kimfumu noun (city designated as seat of government)

Korean

2 entries
  • 서울 noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • 수도 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • башкалаа noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • борбор noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • борбор шаар noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ордошаар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Lao

3 entries
  • ກຸງ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ນະຄອນຫລວງ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ເມືອງຫລວງ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Latin

1 entries
  • archisolium noun (city designated as seat of government)

Latvian

1 entries
  • galvaspilsēta noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • capitâle noun (city designated as seat of government)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sostinė noun (city designated as seat of government)

Low German

1 entries
  • Hööftstadt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • stolica noun (city designated as seat of government)

Lule Sami

1 entries
  • oajvvestáda noun (city designated as seat of government)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Haaptstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • главен град noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • престолнина noun (city designated as seat of government)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • renivohiny noun (city designated as seat of government)

Malay

3 entries
  • ibu kota noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ibu negara noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ibu negeri noun (city designated as seat of government)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തലസ്ഥാനം noun (city designated as seat of government)

Maltese

1 entries
  • belt kapitali noun (city designated as seat of government)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᡤᡝᠮᡠᠨ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Manx

2 entries
  • ard-valley noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • preeu-valley noun (city designated as seat of government)

Marathi

1 entries
  • राजधानी noun (city designated as seat of government)

Moksha

1 entries
  • пряош noun (city designated as seat of government)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • нийслэл noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • нийслэл хот noun (city designated as seat of government)

Moore

1 entries
  • na-tẽnga noun (city designated as seat of government)

Māori

2 entries
  • tino tāone noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • tāone matua noun (city designated as seat of government)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Wááshindoon bikin noun (city designated as seat of government)

Nepali

1 entries
  • राजधानी noun (city designated as seat of government)

North Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • baş şəhər noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • paytaxt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • paytext noun (city designated as seat of government)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • oaivegávpot noun (city designated as seat of government)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • hovedstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • hovudstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Odia

1 entries
  • ରାଜଧାନୀ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Old English

1 entries
  • hēafodburg noun (city designated as seat of government)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • hǫfuðstaðr noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • сӕйраг сахар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • پایتخت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Pannonian Rusyn

3 entries
  • главни варош noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • престолни варош noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • престолнїца noun (city designated as seat of government)

Pashto

2 entries
  • پايتخت noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • پلازمېنه noun (city designated as seat of government)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries
  • kapitel citii noun (city designated as seat of government)

Polish

1 entries
  • stolica noun (city designated as seat of government)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • capital noun (city designated as seat of government)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • راجگڑھ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Romanian

1 entries
  • capitală noun (city designated as seat of government)

Romansch

4 entries
  • capitala noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • cauliug noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • chapitala noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • chapitela noun (city designated as seat of government)

Russian

2 entries
  • сто́льный град noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • столи́ца noun (city designated as seat of government)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • राजधानी noun (city designated as seat of government)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Scots

1 entries
  • caipital ceety noun (city designated as seat of government)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • prìomh-bhaile noun (city designated as seat of government)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • glavni grad noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • prijéstōlnica noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • préstōnica noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • главни град noun (city designated as seat of government)

Shor

1 entries
  • ӧӧн тура noun (city designated as seat of government)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • capitali noun (city designated as seat of government)

Silesian

1 entries
  • stolica noun (city designated as seat of government)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • අගනුවර noun (city designated as seat of government)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hlavné mesto noun (city designated as seat of government)

Slovene

2 entries
  • glavno mesto noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • prestolnica noun (city designated as seat of government)

Somali

2 entries
  • caasimad noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • magaalomadax noun (city designated as seat of government)

South Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • باششهر noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • پایتخت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тӧс кала noun (city designated as seat of government)

Spanish

1 entries
  • capital noun (city designated as seat of government)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • mamafoto noun (city designated as seat of government)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • dayeuh noun (city designated as seat of government)

Swabian

1 entries
  • Haubdschdadd noun (city designated as seat of government)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mji mkuu noun (city designated as seat of government)

Swedish

1 entries
  • huvudstad noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kabisera noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • kapital noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • pununglunsod noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • ulunlunsod noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tajik

1 entries
  • пойтахт noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தலைநகர் noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tatar

1 entries
  • башкала noun (city designated as seat of government)

Telugu

1 entries
  • రాజధాని noun (city designated as seat of government)

Thai

3 entries
  • กรุง noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • นครหลวง noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • เมืองหลวง noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྒྱལ་ས noun (city designated as seat of government)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ርእሲ ከተማ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Turkish

4 entries
  • asitane noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • başkent noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • başşehir noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • payitaht noun (city designated as seat of government)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • paýtagt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • шоркар noun (city designated as seat of government)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • сто́льний град noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • столи́ця noun (city designated as seat of government)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • stolica noun (city designated as seat of government)

Urdu

4 entries
  • دارُ السَّلْطَنَت noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • دارُ الْحُکُومَت noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • دارُ الْخِلافَہ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • دارُالْحُکُومَت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پايتەخت noun (city designated as seat of government)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • poytaxt noun (city designated as seat of government)

Venetan

1 entries
  • cavedal noun (city designated as seat of government)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thủ phủ noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • thủ đô noun (city designated as seat of government)

Volapük

2 entries
  • cifazif noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • glezif noun (city designated as seat of government)

Welsh

1 entries
  • prifddinas noun (city designated as seat of government)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • haadstêd noun (city designated as seat of government)

Western Kayah

1 entries
  • ꤠꤟꤤ꤭ꤗꤟꤌꤣ noun (city designated as seat of government)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 首都 noun (city designated as seat of government)

Yakut

1 entries
  • киин куорат noun (city designated as seat of government)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הויפּטשטאָט noun (city designated as seat of government)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • gingsingz noun (city designated as seat of government)
  • soujduh noun (city designated as seat of government)

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