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Capitol en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkæpɪtəl/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (historical) Any particular capitol ▸ The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
2. Any particular capitol ▸ The town hall of Toulouse, France.
3. Any particular capitol ▸ 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, with context or qualifier) Any particular capitol ▸ The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.

Forms

Deriveds

Capitolian · Capitol Site

Synonyms

Capitoline Hill (Roman Capitol) · Capitole (Toulouse Capitol)

Translations (57)

scn Capitùgghiu (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ar كَابِيتُول الوِلَايَات المُتَّحِدَة (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · pt Capitólio (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · nv Kin Náhálgaaí (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ko 미국 의회의사당 (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · fi Jupiterin temppeli (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · el Καπιτώλιο (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ro Capitoliu (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · pt Capitólio (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · lv Kapitolijs (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ca Capitoli (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · es Capitolino (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · da Capitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ia capitolio (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · sv Kapitolium (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · vi Điện Capitol Hoa Kỳ (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · no Capitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · et Kapitoolium (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · sh Kapitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · he הקפיטול) (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · tr Amerikan Congre Binası (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · it Campidoglio (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · ja 連邦議会議事堂 (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · de Kapitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · es Capitolio de los Estados Unidos (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · it Capitolio (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · sh Kapitol (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · ga an Caipeatól (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · pl Kapitol Stanów Zjednoczonych (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · cs Kapitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · bg Капитолий (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · nl Capitool (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · sk Kapitol (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · fa کاخ کنگره آمریکا (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · gv Thie yn Ardwhaiyl (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · es Templo de Júpiter (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · cmn 國會大廈 /国会大厦 (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ka კაპიტოლიუმი (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · fr Capitole (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · hu Capitolium (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ro Capitoliu (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · it Campidoglio (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · sh Капитол (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · ru Капито́лий (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · fi Yhdysvaltain kongressitalo (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · gl Capitolio dos Estados Unidos (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · fr Capitole des États-Unis (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · scn Capitùgghiu (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · hi कांग्रेस सदन (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · la Capitolium (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · hy Կապիտոլիում (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · gv Çhiamble Yupiter (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · lt Kapitolijus (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · th อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐอเมริกา (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · scn Capitùliu (temple of Jupiter in Rome) · ru Капито́лий (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) · uk Капітолій (legislative building in Washington, D.C.)

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