capital city
/ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A city that is a seat of government.
noun
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).
noun
The major metropolitan areas of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide), all of which happen to be state capitals, and by extension the major metropolitan areas of other countries; note that other state capitals Hobart, Darwin, and national capital Canberra are often excluded.
Australian usage