capital
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The meaning (definition) of the word capital
the main city of a country where the leaders work
The word capital used in a sentence
“Dad put a star on the capital on our map.”
The plural of the word capital
capitals
How the word capital is said around the world
| French | capitale (kah-pee-TAHL) |
| Spanish | capital (kah-pee-TAHL) |
| Mandarin | 首都 (shoh doo) |
| Hindi | राजधानी (rahj-DHAH-nee) |
| Arabic | عاصمة (AH-see-mah) |
| Russian | столица (stah-LEE-tsah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | capital (kuh-pee-TAHL) |
| Portuguese (BR) | capital (kah-pee-TOW) |
| Japanese | 首都 (SHOO-toh) |
| German | Hauptstadt (HOWPTS-taht) |
| Urdu | دارالحکومت (DAH-rahl-hu-koo-MAT) |
| Punjabi | ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ (rah-gyuh-DAH-nee) |
| Korean | 수도 (SOO-doh) |
| Hebrew | בירה (bee-RAH) |
| Greek | πρωτεύουσα (proh-TEHV-oo-sah) |
| Dutch | hoofdstad (HOHVTS-taht) |
| Tagalog | kabisera (kah-bee-seh-RAH) |
| Vietnamese | thủ đô (too doh) |
| Turkish | başkent (bahsh-KANT) |
| Persian | پایتخت (pah-ee-TAKHT) |
| Polish | stolica (stoh-LEE-tsah) |
| Ukrainian | столиця (stoh-LIH-tsyah) |
| Bengali | রাজধানী (RAHJ-dah-nee) |
| Swedish | huvudstad (HOO-vud-stahd) |
| Italian | capitale (kah-pee-TAH-lay) |
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