"state capital" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: state capitals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} state capital (plural state capitals)
  1. The capital city of a state (national subdivision). Coordinate_terms (capital city of a state): county seat, parish seat Translations (capital city of a state): osavaltion pääkaupunki (Finnish), Landeshauptstadt [feminine] (German), ទីរួមរដ្ឋ (ti roum roth) (Khmer), ibu kota (Malay), ibu negeri (Malay), stolica stanu [feminine] (Polish), delstatshuvudstad [common-gender] (Swedish), eyalet başkenti (Turkish), thủ phủ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-state_capital-en-noun-hdT94fLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'capital city of a state': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'capital city of a state': 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see state, capital. (The capital (“money, wealth”) of a state (“polity”).)
    Sense id: en-state_capital-en-noun-vh5OGYtM

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