Capitol
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Capitolie, in historical sense, from Latin Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of capitol, q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of French Capitole.
Proper noun
editCapitol
- Any particular capitol, particularly:
- (historical) The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
- The town hall of Toulouse, France.
- The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
- 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956[1], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:
- ON January 20, 1953, I stood on a platform at the East Front of the Capitol in Washington to take the oath, administered by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, as the thirty-fourth President of the United States — an office I was to hold for eight years.
- (US, with context or qualifier) The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.
Synonyms
edit- (Roman Capitol): See Capitoline Hill
- (Toulouse Capitol): Capitole
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittemple of Jupiter in Rome
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legislative building in Washington, D.C.
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- en:Washington, D.C.
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