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 or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...
in other European languages.
Capitan, Capitano, and Kapitan may also refer to:
Places in the United States
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Capitan, Louisiana, 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
Kapitän () is the German word for Captain. It is also a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy, ranging from Korvettenkapitän
(; ) is the lowest ranking Field officer, senior officer in the German navy.
Germany
Korvettenk ...
, a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy
*Kapitan, another name for
Opperhoofd
is a Dutch word (plural ) that literally translates to "upper-head", meaning "supreme headman". The Danish cognate , which is a calque derived from a Danish pronunciation of the Dutch or Low German word, is also treated here. The standard Ge ...
, a Dutch colonial governor
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Opel Kapitän, 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 Bart ...
*Capitan Records, a record label set up by American musician
Chris Brokaw
*Capitán, a dog of
Villa Carlos Paz
Villa Carlos Paz () is a city in the center-north of the provinces of Argentina, province of Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas. It has a populati ...
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 or Capitan Chino (; ; ; ), was a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines. Office holders exercis ...
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 (, modern Turkish: ), also known as the (, modern: , "Captain of the Sea") was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings durin ...
, the admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire
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Katepano
The ''katepánō'' (, ) 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 the Italian "capitaneus" (which derives from the Latin word "caput", mean ...
, a senior Byzantine military rank and office
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