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
Capitan is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located north of the Lincoln National Forest between the Capitan and Sacramento Mountains at an elevation of 6,350 feet (1,950 m). The population was 1,489 at the 2010 census. Ca ...
, a village
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Capitan Mountains, New Mexico
People
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George Kapitan, who wrote for
Timely
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An opposite personality trait is tardiness ...
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
Michel Zevaco (also written as Zévaco) (1 February 1860, Ajaccio - 8 August 1918, Eaubonne) was a French journalist, novelist, publisher, film director, and anti-clerical as well as anarchist activist.
Michel Zevaco founded the anarchist weekl ...
Other uses
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Kapitän
Kapitän is the German word for Captain. It is also a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy, ranging from Korvettenkapitän to Kapitän zur See. The general meaning is equivalent to Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for ...
, a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy
*Kapitan, another name for
Opperhoofd ''Opperhoofd'' is a Dutch word (plural ''opperhoofden'') that literally translates to "upper-head", meaning "supreme headman". The Danish equivalent ''overhoved'', which is derived from a Danish pronunciation of the Dutch or Low German word, is a ...
, 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)
Capitan and Kapitan are equivalents of the English Captain in other European languages.
Capitan, Capitano, and Kapitan may also refer to:
Places in the United States
*Capitan, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Capitan, New Mexico, a villag ...
, 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
Chris Brokaw (born August 1, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his work with the bands Come and Codeine.
Life and career
While studying at Oberlin College, Brokaw met many people who became figures on the American indie rock scen ...
*Capitán, a dog of
Villa Carlos Paz
Villa Carlos Paz () is a city in the center-north of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas. It has a population of about 56,000 as per the . The area of Punilla is ...
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
Captopril, sold under the brand name Capoten among others, is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first oral ACE inhibitor found ...
, a drug used for the treatment of hypertension
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El Capitan (disambiguation) El Capitan (accented Capitán, "The Captain" in Spanish) is the name of a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California.
El Capitan may also refer to:
Locations
* Agathla Peak, a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, is also known as E ...
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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
Historically, a Kapitan Keling was appointed by European authorities to govern local Indian communities in colonial territories in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeaster ...
, 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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