1. (n.)capital the city or town that is the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.
2. capital a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field: the dance capital.
3. capital the wealth, as in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, etc.
4. capital assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business.
5. capital the ownership interest in a business.
6. capital any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset.
7. (adj.)capital pertaining to financial capital.
8. capital principal; primary: a subject of capital concern.
9. capital chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: a capital city.
10. capital excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel.
11. capital indicating a capital letter; uppercase.
12. capital involving loss of life.
13. capital punishable by death: a capital crime.
14. (n.)capital the distinctively treated upper end of a column, pilaster, or the like.
Etymology: (1920–25)
Definition of 'capital'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)capital, working capital assets available for use in the production of further assets
2. (noun)capital wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
3. (noun)capital a seat of government
4. (noun)capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
5. (noun)capital a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"
6. (noun)Capital, Washington the federalgovernment of the United States
7. (noun)Das Kapital, Capital a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
8. (adj)capital, chapiter, cap the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
9. (adj)capital first-rate "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
10. (adj)capital of primary importance "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
11. (adj)capital, great, majuscule uppercase "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
1. (noun)capital a city where a country or region's maingovernment is located Berlin is the capital of Germany.; officials working in the state capital
2. capital money used to makemoney looking for capital to start a business; capital expenditure
3. capital the large form of a letter Write your name in capitals/in capital letters.
4. capital a place best known for a particular activity Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the U.S.
5. (adjective)capital receiving the punishment of death a capital offense
6. capital (of letter of alphabet) written in its large form Bangor starts with a capital B.
Definition of 'capital'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)capital that portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production
2. (adj)capital anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence
3. (adj)capital an imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts
4. (adj)capital a chapter, or section, of a book
5. (adj)capital see Capital letter, under Capital, a
6. (noun)capital of or pertaining to the head
7. (noun)capital having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment
8. (noun)capital first in importance; chief; principal
9. (noun)capital chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities
10. (noun)capital of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song
11. (noun)capital the head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column
12. (noun)capital the seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis
13. (noun)capital money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a
Definitions of capital 
Afrikaans: hoofstad
Arabic: عاصِمَه
Bulgarian: столица
Brazilian: capital
Czech: hlavní město
German: die Hauptstadt
Danish: hovedstad
Greek: πρωτεύουσα
Spanish: capital
Estonian: pealinn
Farsi: پایتخت
Finnish: pääkaupunki
French: capitale
Hebrew: עִיר בִּירָה
Hindi: राजधानी
Croatian: glavni grad
Hungarian: főváros
Indonesian: ibu kota
Icelandic: höfuðborg
Italian: capitale
Japanese: 首都
Korean: 수도
Lithuanian: sostinė
Latvian: galvaspilsēta
Malay: ibu negara
Dutch: hoofdstad
Norwegian: hovedstad
Polish: stolica
Persian: پایتخت
Pashto: پایتخت
Portuguese: capital
Romanian: capitală
Russian: столица
Slovak: hlavné mesto
Slovenian: prestolnica
Serbian: prestonica
Swedish: huvudstad
Thai: เมืองหลวง
Turkish: başkent
Taiwanese: 首都
Ukrainian: столиця
Urdu: دار الحکومت
Vietnamese: thủ đô
Chinese: 首都
