capital of

Frequency: 8.525.0 per million words

indicating the country or region to which the capital belongs

capitalcapital + PREPOSITION (city)

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of

Examples (10)

  • Paris is the famous capital of France.
  • Can you name the capital of Brazil?
  • For centuries, Istanbul was the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Tallinn is the beautiful and historic capital of Estonia.
  • Although Sydney is larger, Canberra is the official capital of Australia.
  • The students were learning about Berlin, the capital of Germany.
  • Our next travel destination is Bogotá, the bustling capital of Colombia.
  • The treaty was signed in Helsinki, which is the capital of Finland.
  • He mistakenly thought that Toronto was the capital of Canada.
  • Each state in the US has its own city that serves as the capital of that state.