A capitol, named after the

Capitoline Hill The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill ( ; it, Campidoglio ; la, Mons Capitolinus ), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as ''Mons Saturnius'', dedicated to the god Saturn. ...

in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets and makes laws for its respective political entity. Specific capitols include: *

United States Capitol The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the Seat of government, seat of the Legislature, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is form ...

in Washington, D.C. * Numerous U.S. state and territorial capitols * Capitolio Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia * Capitolio Federal in Caracas, Venezuela * El Capitolio in Havana, Cuba * Capitol of Palau in Ngerulmud, Palau Capitol, capitols, or The Capitol may also refer to: ;Entertainment and Media * Capitol (board game), a Roman-themed board game * Capitol (The Hunger Games trilogy), a fictional city in The Hunger Games novels * ''Capitol'' (TV series), a U.S. soap opera * Capitol (collection), a book by Orson Scott Card * The Capitols, a Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio ;Business * Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment *

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

, a U.S. record label *

Capitol Air Capitol Air was a charter airline in the United States which was operational from 1946 to its bankruptcy filing on November 23, 1984. It was founded as Capitol Airways in 1946, and then renamed Capitol International Airways in 1967. In 1981, the ...

, originally known as Capitol International Airways, an American charter airline operating from 1946 to the mid 1980s ; Other locations *

in Rome (from which the word ''capitol'' derives) * ''Capitols'', former name of the '' Capitol Corridor'' passenger train route in California, United States * Capitole de Toulouse, an historic building in Toulouse, France, now used as a municipal and public-arts center * The capitouls of Toulouse, the city's former chief magistrates * Capitol College, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland *

Capitol Reef National Park Capitol Reef National Park is an American national park in south-central Utah. The park is approximately long on its northsouth axis and just wide on average. The park was established in 1971 to preserve of desert landscape and is open all ye ...

, a U.S. National Park in south-central Utah * Capitolium, the temple for the Capitoline Triad in many cities of the Roman Empire * The Capitol (Hong Kong), a large private housing estate in Hong Kong * The Capitol (Fayetteville, North Carolina), department store *

Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia) The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia housed both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Council of State and the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia from 1705, when the capital was relocated there from Jamestown, until 1780, when ...

, a historic building that housed the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia 1705–1779

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