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A capital is the city or town where the government of a country resides.

Capital may also refer to:

Economics, finance and politics

• Capital (economics), any form of wealth capable of being employed in the production of more wealth
• Capital requirement or "bank capital", the requirement that banks keep certain monetary reserves
• Financial capital, money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to make products or provide services
• Five Capitals, a model of sustainable development developed by the organization Forum for the Future
• Human capital, workers' skills and abilities as regards their contribution to an economy
• Natural capital, the resources of an ecosystem that yields a flow of goods and services into the future
• Political capital, means by which a politician or political party may gain support or popularity

Publications

• Capital (French magazine), a French-language magazine
• Capital (German magazine, a German-language magazine
• The Capital, a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, USA
• Capital (newspaper), a Bulgarian business-oriented weekly newspaper
• Capital (Romanian newspaper), a Romanian business-oriented weekly newspaper
• Das Kapital, by Karl Marx

Sociology

• Cultural capital, forms of knowledge, skill and education valued by a society
• Social capital, the advantages available to a person or group of people through their position in a network of relationships

Other

• Capital (airline), an airline operating from the UK from 1987–1992
• Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a pillar or column
• Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion
• Capital letters, a set of letters (a "case") in a writing system
• Capital punishment, the sentence of death
• Washington Capitals, a National Hockey League Team (USA)
• Capital University, a four-year private university in Columbus, Ohio
• Capital 95.8, a radio station in London
• The Capitals, a Canadian rock band
• Capitals (typeface), a small-caps serif typeface

See also

• Capitalism
• Capitol (disambiguation)
• Capitol City

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