Capitan and Kapitan are equivalents of the English
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
in other European languages.
Capitan, Capitano, and Kapitan may also refer to:
Places in the United States
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Capitan, Louisiana Capitan is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area ...
, an unincorporated community
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Capitan, New Mexico, a village
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Capitan Mountains, New Mexico
People
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George Kapitan, who wrote for
Timely in the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Tomis Kapitan, an American philosopher and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University.
Arts and entertainment
*''Der Kapitän'' or
''The Captain'' (film), a 1971 German comedy
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''Der Kapitän'' (TV series), a German series
*''Le Capitan'', a novel by
Michel Zevaco
Other uses
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Kapitän, a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy
*Kapitan, another name for
Opperhoofd, a Dutch colonial governor
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Opel Kapitän
The Opel Kapitän is a luxury car made in several different generations by the German car manufacturer Opel from 1938 until 1970.
Kapitän (1938–1940)
The Kapitän was the last new Opel model to appear before the outbreak of the Second Wo ...
, a luxury car manufactured from 1938 to 1970
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Capitan (tequila), a brand of tequila produced by
Barton Brands
Barton Brands, Ltd. was a company that produced a variety of distilled beverages and liqueurs and is now part of the Sazerac Company, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has its principal offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The Bar ...
*Capitan Records, a record label set up by US musician
Chris Brokaw
*Capitán, a dog of
Villa Carlos Paz who has spent six years in vigil at the grave of his master
See also
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Barangay captain, usually referred in the Philippines as "kapitan"
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Capoten, a drug used for the treatment of hypertension
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El Capitan (disambiguation)
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Kapitan Arab, a Dutch East Indies title for the representative of Arab enclave
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Kapitan Cina
Kapitan Cina, also spelled Kapitan China or Capitan China ( en, Captain of the Chinese; ; nl, Kapitein der Chinezen), was a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the ...
or Capitan China, an originally Portuguese title for the representative of a Chinese enclave
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Kapitan Keling, a representative of an Indian community
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Kapudan Pasha
The Kapudan Pasha ( ota, قپودان پاشا, modern Turkish: ), was the Grand Admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire. He was also known as the ( ota, قپودان دریا, links=no, modern: , "Captain of the Sea"). Typically, he was base ...
, the admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire
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Katepano
The ''katepánō'' ( el, κατεπάνω, lit. " he oneplaced at the top", or " the topmost") was a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as ''capetanus/catepan'', and its meaning seems to have merged with that of th ...
, a senior Byzantine military rank and office
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