Capital and its variations may refer to:

Common uses

Capital city A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ...

, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital **

List of national capitals This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associate ...

Capital letter Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (more formally '' minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing system ...

, an upper-case letter

Economics and social sciences

Capital (economics) In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. A typical example is the machinery used in a factory. At the macroeconomic level, ...

, the durable produced goods used for further production * Capital (Marxism), a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy *

Economic capital In finance, mainly for financial services firms, economic capital (ecap) is the amount of risk capital, assessed on a realistic basis, which a firm requires to cover the risks that it is running or collecting as a going concern, such as market ...

Financial capital Financial capital (also simply known as capital or equity in finance, accounting and economics) is any Economic resources, economic resource measured in terms of money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to buy what they need to make their prod ...

, an economic resource measured in terms of money *

Capital good Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econ ...

Human capital Human capital or human assets is a concept used by economists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process. It encompasses employee knowledge, skills, know-how, good health, and education. Human capital has a subs ...

Natural capital Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. All of t ...

Public capital Public capital is the aggregate body of government-owned assets that are used as a means for productivity.Aschauer, D. A. (1990). Why is infrastructure important? Conference Series roceedings Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Pp. 21-68. Such assets ...

Social capital Social capital is a concept used in sociology and economics to define networks of relationships which are productive towards advancing the goals of individuals and groups. It involves the effective functioning of social groups through interper ...

Architecture and buildings

Capital (architecture) In architecture, the capital () or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface. The capital, projecti ...

, the topmost member of a column or pilaster *

The Capital (building) The Capital is a 19-story building situated in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial ...

, a commercial building in Mumbai, India * Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion

Arts, entertainment and media

Literature

Books

* ''Capital'' (novel), by John Lanchester, 2012 * ''

Das Kapital ''Capital: A Critique of Political Economy'' (), also known as ''Capital'' or (), is the most significant work by Karl Marx and the cornerstone of Marxian economics, published in three volumes in 1867, 1885, and 1894. The culmination of his ...

'' ('Capital: Critique of Political Economy'), a foundational theoretical text by Karl Marx * ''

Capital in the Twenty-First Century ''Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' () is a book written by French economist Thomas Piketty. It focuses on economic inequality, wealth and income inequality in Europe and the United States since the 18th century. It was first published in Fren ...

'' by Thomas Piketty, 2013 * '' Capital: The Eruption of Delhi'', a 2014 book by Rana Dasgupta

Periodicals

* ''Capital'' (French magazine), a French-language magazine * ''Capital'' (German magazine), a German-language magazine * ''Kapital'' (magazine), in Norway * ''Capital'' (Bulgarian newspaper), in Bulgaria * ''Kapital'' (newspaper), in North Macedonia * ''Capital'' (Romanian newspaper) * ''Capital'' (Ukrainian newspaper) * ''Capital'' (Ethiopia), a newspaper * ''

A Capital ''A Capital'' (meaning ''The Capital ity' in English) was a Portuguese afternoon newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1968 and 2005. History and profile ''A Capital'' was first published on 21 February 1968. The paper was establ ...

'', a defunct daily newspaper in Lisbon, Portugal * ''

Capital New York ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...

'', an online news site owned by ''Politico'' * ''

The Capital ''The Capital'' (also known as ''Capital Gazette'' as its online nameplate and informally, while the Sunday edition is called ''The Sunday Capital'') is a daily newspaper published by Capital Gazette Communications in Annapolis, Maryland, to ...

'', a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. * '' La Capital'', a daily newspaper based in Rosario, Argentina * ''La Capital'' (Mar del Plata), a daily newspaper based in Mar del Plata, Argentina * ''

La Capitale ''La Capitale'' is a Belgian daily regional newspaper, specializing in the region around Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is ...

'', a daily newspaper based in Brussels, Belgium

Film, television, radio

Capital (radio network) Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global, while the other two are owned and op ...

, a group of radio stations operating across the United Kingdom * ''Capital'' (film) (), a 2012 French drama film directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Capital'' (British TV series), a 2015 adaptation of Lanchester's novel * ''Capital'' (Iranian TV series), 2011–2020 * Canal Capital, a television channel in Bogotá, Colombia * Capital TV, a former British rolling-music TV channel * Capital TV (Belarus), a TV channel * Capital TV (Cardiff), a former TV channel in Wales * CTC (TV station), formerly called Capital Television, Ten Capital and Capital 7 * Capital Television (New Zealand), a former television channel in

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

, the capital of New Zealand, operated by

TVNZ Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Voice"), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a New Zealand state-owned media company and Crown entity. The company operates a television network, streaming service, and news se ...

* Capital TV (Nigeria), a Nigerian news channel * Capital TV (Malaysia), a defunct Malaysian television channel * Capital FM 88.9, a defunct Malaysian radio station * YLE Capital FM, a defunct Finnish radio station * DWFT, an FM radio station in Metro Manila, Philippines known as 104.3 The Capital

Music

* ''Capital'' (album), by Mick Softley, 1976 * Capital (band), a British band * "Capital (It Fails Us Now)", a song by Gang of Four from the 1982 album '' Another Day/Another Dollar''

Education

* Capital College (disambiguation), the name of several institutions * Capital Community College, in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. * Capital University, in Bexley, Ohio, U.S. * Capital University, Jharkhand, in India

Places

La Capital Department, Santa Fe The La Capital Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento La Capital'', ) is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province. It limits with the Paraná River i ...

, Argentina * La Capital Department, San Luis, Argentina * City of Capitals, Moscow, Russia; an office complex

Sports

* Capital CF, a Brazilian football club * Albany Capitals, an American professional soccer team * Atlanta Capitals, an American ice hockey team * Baton Rouge Capitals, an American soccer team * Bonn Capitals, a German baseball/softball team * Brampton Capitals, a Canadian Junior-A ice hockey team * Bratislava Capitals, a Slovakian professional ice hockey team *

Brisbane Capitals Brisbane Capitals is a NBL1 North club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 North. The club is a division of Brisbane Basketball Incorporated (BBI), one of the major administrative basketball o ...

, an Australian basketball team * Central Penn Capitals, an American indoor American gridiron football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * Columbus Capitals, an American indoor soccer team *

Cowichan Valley Capitals The Cowichan Valley Capitals are a junior ice hockey team based in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal conference in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Cowichan Community Centr ...

, a Canadian junior ice hockey team *

Delhi Capitals The Delhi Capitals, formerly the Delhi Daredevils, also known as DC, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Delhi that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by GMR Group and JSW Sports. Its home groun ...

, an Indian cricket team *

Delhi Capitals (basketball) Delhi Capitals was a professional basketball team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the now-defunct UBA Pro Basketball League The United Basketball Alliance (UBA) was the first men’s professional basketball league in India, ...

, an Indian basketball team *

Delhi Capitals (WPL) The Delhi Capitals is an Indian professional women's cricket team that competes in the Women's Premier League, based in New Delhi, Delhi. The team is owned jointly by the GMR Group and the JSW Group, which also own the Capitals men's team. The ...

, an Indian women's cricket team *

Dubai Capitals Dubai Capitals is a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that competes in the International League T20 tournament since 2023. The team's home-ground is the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The team is coache ...

, an Emirati cricket team *

Edinburgh Capitals The Edinburgh Capitals are a Scottish ice hockey club, playing in the Scottish National League (SNL). They are based in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. The team play at the Murrayfield Ice Rink, close to Murrayfield Rugby stadium. In Apr ...

, a Scottish ice-hockey team *

Edmonton Capitals The Edmonton Capitals, originally the Edmonton Cracker-Cats, were a Canadian professional independent minor-league baseball team that played between 2005 and 2011 in several leagues. The Capitals were based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team was fou ...

, a Canadian baseball team *

India Capitals India Capitals are a professional cricket franchise team based in Delhi, India, that compete in the Legends League Cricket. The team was founded in 2022. The team is owned by GMR Group. They have won the first season of LLC in 2022. The captai ...

, an Indian professional cricket team from New Delhi *

Indianapolis Capitals The Indianapolis Capitals were an American Hockey League professional ice hockey team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1939 to 1952. The Capitals were a farm team for the Detroit Red Wings. Indianapolis won the Calder Cup in 1942 and 1950. T ...

, an American professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) * Indianapolis Capitals, former name of the

Cincinnati Wings The Indianapolis Capitols/Cincinnati Wings were a professional ice hockey team that operated for one season in the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL). Originally named the Indianapolis Capitals, the team started the 1963–64 season playing ...

, an American professional ice hockey team in the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL) *

Ottawa Capitals The Ottawa Capitals were the competing clubs of the Capital Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Association competed in ice hockey, lacrosse and other athletics. Perhaps best known are the early amateur senior men' ...

, a Canadian multi-sport team sports club *

Québec Capitales The Québec Capitales ( French: Capitales de Québec and often referred to as the Caps) are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City. The Capitales compete in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the North Division in the Atlantic Confe ...

, a Canadian professional baseball team based in Quebec City, nicknamed "The Caps" *

Quezon City Capitals The Quezon City Galeries Taipan is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Quezon City. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games a ...

, a Philippine professional basketball team *

Pretoria Capitals Pretoria Capitals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. The team is based in Pretoria, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is Centurion Park. The team is coached by Grah ...

, a South African professional cricket team * Puerto Rico Capitals, an American women's soccer team *

Raleigh Capitals The Raleigh Capitals was a name used by various minor league baseball teams that were based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Most of these teams played at Devereaux Meadow. There have been minor league baseball teams in the past that played in Raleig ...

, an American minor-league professional baseball team *

Regina Capitals The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921. Western Canada Hockey League Capitals (1921–1926) 1921 was the Regina Ca ...

, a Canadian professional ice hockey team * Rouyn-Noranda Capitales, a Canadian Junior-A ice hockey team *

Sacramento Capitals The Sacramento Capitals were a team in World TeamTennis that competed from 1988 through 2013. The Capitals won six championships, including four straight from 1997 to 2000. The other titles came in 2002 and 2007. For the 2012 World TeamTennis ...

, an American tennis team * Salem Capitals, an American professional basketball team * St. John's Capitals, a Canadian senior ice hockey team *

Springfield Capitals The Springfield Capitals were an independent baseball league team in Springfield, Illinois. The Capitals were members of the Frontier League from 1996 to 2001. The Capitals won the Frontier League championship in 1996 and in 1998. After the 2001 s ...

, an American independent baseball team *

Summerside Western Capitals The Summerside Western Capitals are a Junior "A" hockey team based in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. They are members of the Maritime Junior Hockey League, and they play their home games at the Consolidated Credit Union Place. Until 2007 the ...

, a Canadian Junior-A ice hockey team *

Tallahassee Capitals The Tallahassee Capitals were a Minor League Baseball team, based in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, that operated between 1935 and 1942. Playing as members of the Georgia–Florida League (1935–1942, 1946–1950) and Alabama–Florida Lea ...

, an American minor league baseball team * Topeka Capitals (disambiguation) * University of Canberra Capitals, an Australian women's basketball team *

Victoria Capitals The Victoria Capitals were members of the Canadian Baseball League that lasted two months before the league ceased operations in 2003. The Capitals played out of Royal Athletic Park and led the league in attendance, averaging over 1,000 fans per ...

, a Canadian baseball team *

Vienna Capitals The Vienna Capitals are an Austrian professional ice hockey team that participate in the ICE Hockey League. Founded in 2001, the Capitals play their home games in Vienna, Austria, at Steffl Arena. In the 2004–05 season, the Capitals claimed ...

, an Austrian ice-hockey team *

Walkerton Capitals The Walkerton Capitals were a senior hockey team based out of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. The Capitals played in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League for four seasons. 2008-09 Walkerton began their inaugural season in t ...

, a Canadian senior ice hockey team *

Walkerton Capitals (PJHL) The Walkerton Capitals are a junior hockey, Junior ice hockey team based in Walkerton, Ontario, Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western Junior C Hockey League. until the 2016-17 season when the league became a division became the P ...

, a Canadian junior ice hockey team *

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

, an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL)

Transportation and vehicular

* ''Capital'' (sidewheeler), a 19th-century American steamboat *

Capital Airlines (disambiguation) Capital Airlines may refer to: * Beijing Capital Airlines, an airline based in China formerly named Deer Air * Capital Airlines (United States) Capital Airlines was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline serving the eastern, sout ...

, several uses * Capitals Limited, a British passenger train *

Capital ship The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet. A capital ship is generally a leading or a primary ship in a naval fleet. Strategic i ...

, a classification of a naval vessel

Other uses

Capitals (typeface) The Appearance Manager is a component of Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 that controls the overall look of the Macintosh graphical user interface widgets and supports several themes. It was originally developed for Apple Computer, Apple's ill-fated Copla ...

, a serif font composed entirely of capital letters *

Gaisano Capital Gaisano Capital is a chain of malls and supermarkets owned by Edmund S. Gaisano Sr., the second son of Henry S. Gaisano Sr. In the 1970s, he had his own construction business independent of his Gaisano family, relatives. One of his projects was to ...

, a shopping mall based in the Philippines *

La Capitale (company) La Capitale Financial Group Inc. was a Canadian business that provided insurance products and financial services in Quebec, Canada. The company was headquartered in Quebec City and mainly active in Quebec, though extending its services into Ontar ...

, a financial company based in Quebec * Studio Capitale, a post-production studio owned by Stéphane Meer *

Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender b ...

, another word for "death penalty".

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