capital city

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• /ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/
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240 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҳҭнықалақь (aḥtnəkalakj) — city designated as seat of government
• Afrikaans: hoofstad — city designated as seat of government
• Akan: ahenkuro — city designated as seat of government
• Albanian: kryeqytet — city designated as seat of government
• Albanian: kryevend — city designated as seat of government
• Southern Altai: тӧс кала (tös kala) — city designated as seat of government
• Amharic: ዋና ከተማ (wana kätäma) — city designated as seat of government
• Arabic: عَاصِمَة (ʕāṣima) — city designated as seat of government
• Arabic: حَاضِرَة (ḥāḍira) — city designated as seat of government
• Arabic: عاصْمة (ʕāṣma) — city designated as seat of government
• Arabic: عاصمة (ʕāṣme) — city designated as seat of government
• Armenian: մայրաքաղաք (mayrakʻaġakʻ) — city designated as seat of government
• Assamese: ৰাজধানী (razdhani) — city designated as seat of government
• Asturian: capital — city designated as seat of government
• Avar: тахшагьар (taxšahar) — city designated as seat of government
• North Azerbaijani: baş şəhər — city designated as seat of government
• North Azerbaijani: paytaxt — city designated as seat of government
• South Azerbaijani: باششهر (baş şəhər) — city designated as seat of government
• South Azerbaijani: پایتخت (paytaxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Bashkir: башҡала (başqala) — city designated as seat of government
• Basque: hiriburu — city designated as seat of government
• Belarusian: сталі́ца (stalíca) — city designated as seat of government
• Belarusian: сто́льны го́рад (stólʹny hórad) — city designated as seat of government
• Bengali: রাজধানী (rajdhani) — city designated as seat of government
• Breton: kêrbenn — city designated as seat of government
• Bulgarian: сто́лица (stólica) — city designated as seat of government
• Burmese: မြို့တော် (mrui.tau) — city designated as seat of government
• Buryat: ниислэл хото (niislel xoto) — city designated as seat of government
• Buryat: ниислэл (niislel) — city designated as seat of government
• Carpathian Rusyn: головне місто (holovne misto) — city designated as seat of government
• Catalan: capital — city designated as seat of government
• Chechen: коьрта гӏала (körta ğala) — city designated as seat of government
• Chichewa: likulu — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Cantonese: 首都 (sau2 dou1) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Cantonese: 省會 /省会 (saang2 wui6) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Cantonese: 京城 — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Cantonese: 龍城 /龙城 — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese: җинчын (jinčɨn) — city designated as seat of government
• Eastern Min Chinese: 首都 (siū-dŭ) — city designated as seat of government
• Hakka Chinese: 首都 (sú-tû) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 首都 (shǒudū) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 省會 /省会 (shěnghuì) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 京城 (jīngchéng) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍城 /龙城 (lóngchéng) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 首府 (shǒufǔ) — city designated as seat of government
• Chinese: 首都 (zh-min-nan) — city designated as seat of government
• Wu Chinese: 首都 (5seu-tu1) — city designated as seat of government
• Chukchi: эвынным (ėvynnym) — city designated as seat of government
• Chukchi: авынгород (avyngorod) — city designated as seat of government
• Chuvash: тӗп хула (tĕp hula) — city designated as seat of government
• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ (metropolis) — city designated as seat of government
• Crimean Tatar: paytaht — city designated as seat of government
• Czech: hlavní město — city designated as seat of government
• Danish: hovedstad — city designated as seat of government
• Dhivehi: ވެރިރަށް (veriraṣ̊) — city designated as seat of government
• Dutch: hoofdstad — city designated as seat of government
• Erzya: прявтош (pŕavtoš) — city designated as seat of government
• Esperanto: ĉefurbo — city designated as seat of government
• Estonian: pealinn — city designated as seat of government
• Faroese: høvuðsstaður — city designated as seat of government
• Finnish: pääkaupunki — city designated as seat of government
• French: capitale — city designated as seat of government
• French: chef-lieu (of a region or département) — city designated as seat of government
• West-Frisian: haadstêd — city designated as seat of government
• Friulian: capitâl — city designated as seat of government
• Gagauz: baş kasaba — city designated as seat of government
• Galician: capital — city designated as seat of government
• Georgian: დედაქალაქი (dedakalaki) — city designated as seat of government
• Georgian: სატახტო ქალაქი (saṭaxṭo kalaki) — city designated as seat of government
• German: Hauptstadt — city designated as seat of government
• Bavarian German: Hauptstod — city designated as seat of government
• East Central German: Hauptstoadt — city designated as seat of government
• Swabian: Haubdschdadd — city designated as seat of government
• Greek: πρωτεύουσα (protévousa) — city designated as seat of government
• Ancient Greek: μητρόπολις (mētrópolis) — city designated as seat of government
• Gujarati: રાજધાની (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Hawaiian: kapikala — city designated as seat of government
• Hebrew: בִּירָה (birá) — city designated as seat of government
• Hindi: राजधानी (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Hungarian: főváros — city designated as seat of government
• Hunsrik: Hauptstatt — city designated as seat of government
• Icelandic: höfuðborg — city designated as seat of government
• Ido: chef-urbo — city designated as seat of government
• Indonesian: ibu kota — city designated as seat of government
• Ingrian: päälinna — city designated as seat of government
• Ingrian: stolitsa — city designated as seat of government
• Irish: príomhchathair — city designated as seat of government
• Irish: ceannphort — city designated as seat of government
• Irish: ardchathair — city designated as seat of government
• Italian: capitale — city designated as seat of government
• Italian: capoluogo — city designated as seat of government
• Japanese: 首都 (shuto) — city designated as seat of government
• Japanese: 都 (miyako) — city designated as seat of government
• Javanese: ibu kutha — city designated as seat of government
• Kachchi: રાજધાની (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Kalmyk: хотл балһсн (xotl balğsn) — city designated as seat of government
• Kannada: ರಾಜಧಾನಿ (rājadhāni) — city designated as seat of government
• Kashubian: stolëca — city designated as seat of government
• Western Kayah: ꤠꤟꤤ꤭ꤗꤟꤌꤣ (vī̤mṳeoe) — city designated as seat of government
• Kazakh: астана (astana) — city designated as seat of government
• Kazakh: елорда (elorda) — city designated as seat of government
• Khmer: រដ្ឋធានី (rŏədthaʼthiənii) — city designated as seat of government
• Khmer: រាជធានី (riəcthiənii) — city designated as seat of government
• Komi-Permyak: юркар (jurkar) — city designated as seat of government
• Komi-Zyrian: юркар (jurkar) — city designated as seat of government
• Kongo: mbanza-kimfumu — city designated as seat of government
• Korean: 수도 (sudo) — city designated as seat of government
• Korean: 서울 (seoul) — city designated as seat of government
• Central Kurdish: پایتەخت (paytext) — city designated as seat of government
• Northern Kurdish: paytext — city designated as seat of government
• Kyrgyz: борбор (borbor) — city designated as seat of government
• Kyrgyz: борбор шаар (borbor şaar) — city designated as seat of government
• Kyrgyz: ордошаар (ordoşaar) — city designated as seat of government
• Kyrgyz: башкалаа (başkalaa) — city designated as seat of government
• Lao: ເມືອງຫລວງ (mư̄ang lūang) — city designated as seat of government
• Lao: ນະຄອນຫລວງ (na khǭn lūang) — city designated as seat of government
• Lao: ກຸງ (kung) — city designated as seat of government
• Latin: archisolium — city designated as seat of government
• Latvian: galvaspilsēta — city designated as seat of government
• Ligurian: capitâle — city designated as seat of government
• Lithuanian: sostinė — city designated as seat of government
• Low German: Hööftstadt — city designated as seat of government
• Luxembourgish: Haaptstad — city designated as seat of government
• Macedonian: главен град — city designated as seat of government
• Macedonian: престолнина (prestolnina) — city designated as seat of government
• Malagasy: renivohiny — city designated as seat of government
• Malay: ibu negara — city designated as seat of government
• Malay: ibu negeri — city designated as seat of government
• Malay: ibu kota — city designated as seat of government
• Malayalam: തലസ്ഥാനം (talasthānaṁ) — city designated as seat of government
• Maltese: belt kapitali — city designated as seat of government
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᠮᡠᠨ (gemun) — city designated as seat of government
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ (hecen) — city designated as seat of government
• Manx: ard-valley — city designated as seat of government
• Manx: preeu-valley — city designated as seat of government
• Māori: tino tāone — city designated as seat of government
• Māori: tāone matua — city designated as seat of government
• Marathi: राजधानी (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Marshallese: buoj — city designated as seat of government
• Moksha: пряош (präoš) — city designated as seat of government
• Mongolian: нийслэл хот (niislel xot) — city designated as seat of government
• Mongolian: нийслэл (niislel) — city designated as seat of government
• Moore: na-tẽnga — city designated as seat of government
• Navajo: Wááshindoon bikin — city designated as seat of government
• Nepali: राजधानी (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Norwegian Bokmål: hovedstad — city designated as seat of government
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudstad — city designated as seat of government
• Odia: ରାଜଧାନୀ (rājadhāni) — city designated as seat of government
• Church Slavic: стольнъ градъ (stolĭnŭ gradŭ) — city designated as seat of government
• Old English: hēafodburg — city designated as seat of government
• Old Norse: hǫfuðstaðr — city designated as seat of government
• Ossetian: сӕйраг сахар (sæjrag saxar) — city designated as seat of government
• Pannonian Rusyn: престолнїца (prestolnjica) — city designated as seat of government
• Pannonian Rusyn: главни варош (hlavni varoš) — city designated as seat of government
• Pannonian Rusyn: престолни варош (prestolni varoš) — city designated as seat of government
• Pashto: پلازمېنه (plâzmena) — city designated as seat of government
• Pashto: پايتخت (pāytaxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Dari: پَایْتَخْت (pāytaxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Iranian Persian: پایْتَخْت (pâytaxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: kapitel citii — city designated as seat of government
• Polish: stolica — city designated as seat of government
• Portuguese: capital — city designated as seat of government
• Punjabi: ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ (rājdhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Punjabi: راجگڑھ (rājgaṛh) — city designated as seat of government
• Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟeeresko fooros — city designated as seat of government
• Romanian: capitală — city designated as seat of government
• Romansh: chapitala — city designated as seat of government
• Romansh: capitala — city designated as seat of government
• Romansh: tgapitala — city designated as seat of government
• Romansh: chapitela — city designated as seat of government
• Romansh: cauliug — city designated as seat of government
• Russian: столи́ца (stolíca) — city designated as seat of government
• Russian: сто́льный град (stólʹnyj grad) — city designated as seat of government
• Lule-Sami: oajvvestáda — city designated as seat of government
• Northern Sami: oaivegávpot — city designated as seat of government
• Sanskrit: राजधानी (rājadhānī) — city designated as seat of government
• Santali: ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ — city designated as seat of government
• Scots: caipital ceety — city designated as seat of government
• Scottish Gaelic: prìomh-bhaile — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: главни град — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́сто̄ница — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: прије́сто̄лница — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: glavni grad — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: préstōnica — city designated as seat of government
• Serbo-Croatian: prijéstōlnica — city designated as seat of government
• Shor: ӧӧн тура (öön tura) — city designated as seat of government
• Sicilian: capitali — city designated as seat of government
• Silesian: stolica — city designated as seat of government
• Sinhalese: අගනුවර (aganuwara) — city designated as seat of government
• Slovak: hlavné mesto — city designated as seat of government
• Slovene: glavno mesto — city designated as seat of government
• Slovene: prestolnica — city designated as seat of government
• Somali: caasimad — city designated as seat of government
• Somali: magaalomadax — city designated as seat of government
• Lower Sorbian: stolica — city designated as seat of government
• Upper Sorbian: stolica — city designated as seat of government
• Spanish: capital — city designated as seat of government
• Sranan Tongo: mamafoto — city designated as seat of government
• Sundanese: dayeuh — city designated as seat of government
• Swahili: mji mkuu — city designated as seat of government
• Swedish: huvudstad — city designated as seat of government
• Tagalog: kapital — city designated as seat of government
• Tagalog: ulunlunsod — city designated as seat of government
• Tagalog: pununglunsod — city designated as seat of government
• Tagalog: kabisera — city designated as seat of government
• Tajik: пойтахт (poytaxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Tamil: தலைநகர் (talainakar) — city designated as seat of government
• Tatar: башкала (başqala) — city designated as seat of government
• Telugu: రాజధాని (rājadhāni) — city designated as seat of government
• Thai: เมืองหลวง (mʉʉang-lǔuang) — city designated as seat of government
• Thai: นครหลวง (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang) — city designated as seat of government
• Thai: กรุง (grung) — city designated as seat of government
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ས (rgyal sa) — city designated as seat of government
• Tigrinya: ርእሲ ከተማ (rəʾsi kätäma) — city designated as seat of government
• Turkish: başkent — city designated as seat of government
• Turkish: başşehir — city designated as seat of government
• Turkish: payitaht — city designated as seat of government
• Turkish: asitane — city designated as seat of government
• Ottoman Turkish: پایتخت (payitaht) — city designated as seat of government
• Turkmen: paýtagt — city designated as seat of government
• Udmurt: шоркар (šorkar) — city designated as seat of government
• Ukrainian: столи́ця (stolýcja) — city designated as seat of government
• Ukrainian: сто́льний град (stólʹnyj hrad) — city designated as seat of government
• Urdu: دارُالْحُکُومَت (dār-ul-hukūmat) — city designated as seat of government
• Urdu: دارُ الْحُکُومَت (dāru l-hukūmat) — city designated as seat of government
• Urdu: پائے تَخْت (pāe taxt) — city designated as seat of government
• Urdu: دارُ الْخِلافَہ (dāru l-xilāfa) — city designated as seat of government
• Urdu: دارُ السَّلْطَنَت (dāru s-saltanat) — city designated as seat of government
• Uyghur: پايتەخت (paytext) — city designated as seat of government
• Uzbek: poytaxt — city designated as seat of government
• Venetan: cavedal — city designated as seat of government
• Vietnamese: thủ đô — city designated as seat of government
• Vietnamese: thủ phủ — city designated as seat of government
• Volapük: cifazif — city designated as seat of government
• Volapük: glezif — city designated as seat of government
• Welsh: prifddinas — city designated as seat of government
• Yakut: киин куорат (kiin kuorat) — city designated as seat of government
• Yiddish: הויפּטשטאָט (hoyptshtot) — city designated as seat of government
• Zhuang: soujduh — city designated as seat of government
• Zhuang: gingsingz — city designated as seat of government