"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): provincial capital, 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)

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