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capital city noun

  /ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/
  • 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).
 capitale, chef-lieu
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