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State capital   /steɪt kˈæpətəl/   Listen
State capital

noun
1.
The capital city of a political subdivision of a country.





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"State capital" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hopkins had been absent at the state capital for several days, looking after various matters of business; for he was a thrifty man, ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work • Edith Van Dyne
... 1849. On November third of the same year the first election was held, with the result that Peter H. Burnett was elected Governor, John McDougall, Lieutenant-Governor, and Edward Gilbert and John Wright first Congressmen from California. From Monterey the State Capital was removed to San Jose, where John Fremont and William Gwin were appointed senators, and it was they who pressed the Government to admit California as a state, with the result that California was admitted as such on September 9, 1850. ...
— Chimes of Mission Bells • Maria Antonia Field


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