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Capital city
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
city
that is a
seat
of government.
●
In Cities:
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).
●
In Australian English:
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.
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Synonyms
Capital
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