capitals
Where governments sit
Capitals has several distinct meanings united by the idea of primary importance or position.
Most commonly, capitals are the uppercase letters of an alphabet, distinguished from their lowercase counterparts.
A capital is also the city serving as a government's seat of power: Paris is the capital of France.
In architecture, a capital is the decorated top of a column.
Capital as wealth or assets—especially money used for investment—yields the plural in financial contexts: They raised capitals from multiple investors.
Capital letter form
- letterformsShapes of written characters
- fontCharacter style set
- majusculeUppercase letter form
- headlineNews article title
titling · drop cap · small caps · serif · sans-serif · boldface · italics · glyph
Deploying capital for returns
- assetsOwned items of value
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- ventureRisky new undertaking
seed money · liquidity · principal · portfolio · returns · dividends · shareholders · securities
Vertical structural element
- pilasterShallow wall-mounted column
- ionicConcerning charged particles
- compositeMade of distinct parts
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
volute · acanthus · pediment · portico · classical · neoclassical · orders · fluting
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- ministryClergy's work or state department
administration · bureaucracy · democracy · republic · federation · constitution · diplomacy · embassy
Large important city
- downtownCentral business district
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- landmarksDistinctive, recognizable locations
- tourismLeisure travel sector
urban · population · districts · neighborhoods · boroughs · infrastructure · transportation · municipality
uppercase
Capital letter form
- letterformsShapes of written characters
- fontCharacter style set
- majusculeUppercase letter form
headline · titling · drop cap · small caps · serif · sans-serif · boldface · italics · glyph · baseline
investment
Deploying capital for returns
- assetsOwned items of value
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fundsAvailable financial resources
venture · seed money · liquidity · principal · portfolio · returns · dividends · shareholders · securities · stock
column
Vertical structural element
entablature · volute · acanthus · pediment · portico · classical · neoclassical · orders · fluting · abacus
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
ministry · administration · bureaucracy · democracy · republic · federation · constitution · diplomacy · embassy · ambassador
metropolis
Large important city
- downtownCentral business district
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- landmarksDistinctive, recognizable locations
tourism · urban · population · districts · neighborhoods · boroughs · infrastructure · transportation · municipality · metropolitan
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- US geographystates, state boundaries, state lines, regions, state maps
- European geographyAustria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia
- atlas contentstopographic maps, political maps, road maps, climate maps, relief maps
- European travelParis, Eiffel Tower, Rome, Big Ben, London
capitalsprovinces
Administrative regions within nations
hinterlands · peripheries · villages · rural areas · backwaters
capitalsdebts
Sums owed to others
liabilities · deficits · poverty · losses · insolvency
- capital lettersLarger alphabet forms
- fashion capitalCity known for couture
- state capitalAdministrative center of a state
- capital cityPrimary governmental center
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales