English-French translations for capital city

• capitale
  Jérusalem trois fois sainte, capitale des livres, capitale ouverte. Jerusalem: a sacred city for three religions, the capital city of books, an open capital.
  Nous n’avions plus de drapeau ni d’hymne national, et notre capitale était Moscou. We no longer had our own flag or national anthem, and our capital city was Moscow.
• chef-lieu

Definition of capital city

• A city that is a seat of government
• The major metropolitan areas of Australia , all of which happen to be w:List of Australian capital cities|state capitals, and by extension the major metropolitan areas of other countries; note that other state capitals w:Hobart|Hobart, w:Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin, and national capital w:Canberra|Canberra are often excluded

Synonyms

• capital

Related words

• capital depreciation reserve
• financial capital
• provincial capital
• provincial capital; county seat /county town
• financial capitalism