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capitol

Syllables: cap·i·tol/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/

capitol noun: any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets. Also the alternative form of capitoul.

capitol: any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets
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Noun

capitol (plural capitols)

  1. (US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
    • The state capitol is located smack-dab in the middle of the state's capital.
    • The centre of attraction was the City Hall. Two thousand flags and more ...; 2,000 electric lights... combined to make the civic capitol gorgeous... .1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", The New York Times, page 1
    Synonyms:
    statehouse
  2. (historical) Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
    Synonyms:
    Capitolium

Proper noun capitalized: Capitol

IPA/ˈkæpɪtəl/

the Capitol

  1. (historical) The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
  2. The town hall of Toulouse, France.
  3. The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
    • ON January 20, 1953, I stood on a platform at the East Front of the Capitol in Washington to take the oath, administered by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, as the thirty-fourth President of the United States — an office I was to hold for eight years.1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3
  4. (US) The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.

Also used as

capitol is also the alternative form of capitoul.

capitol meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Gujarati

capitol in Hindi

कैपिटोल

capitol in Marathi

कॅपिटॉल

capitol in Malayalam

ക്യാപിറ്റോൾ

capitol in Gujarati

કેપિટોલ
More languagesFewer languages
capitol in Vietnamese
thủ phủ

Examples of capitol in a sentence

  • A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
  • Capitol, the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will be sworn into office.
  • Capitol in his motorcade, the press pool will accompany him.

All 14 example sentences with capitol

Synonyms of capitol

Forms of capitol

pluralcapitols
alternative formCapitol

Plural of capitol: capitols

Origin of capitol

From Middle English Capitolie, via Anglo-Norman capitolie, Old French capitoile, from Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; any similar citadel”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (toponym-forming suffix). Compare Latin capitō and capitulum. As a French magistrate, via French capitoul, from Capitole, the town hall of Toulouse. Doublet of Capitolium and capitoul.

From Middle English Capitolie, in historical sense, from Latin Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of capitol, q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of French Capitole.

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Questions about capitol

What does capitol mean?
Capitol means any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
What is capitol in Hindi?
Capitol in Hindi is कैपिटोल. See Capitol meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is capitol?
Capitol can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce capitol?
Capitol is pronounced /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/.
What is the plural of capitol?
The plural of capitol is capitols.

Words near capitol in the dictionary

  1. capitellids
  2. capitellum
  3. capites
  4. Capito
  5. capitofemoral
  6. capitol
  7. Capitol Hill
  8. Capitol Site
  9. Capitola
  10. capitoli
  11. Capitolia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitol (page history and authors); Capitol (page history and authors); capitol (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); capitol (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); capitol (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); capitol (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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