Capitol

capitol capítol English thumb|right|250px|The ancient Roman Capitol under Constantine the Great, Museum of Roman Civilization thumb|right|250px|The modern US Capitol seen from Washington Mall the Mall, 2007 thumb|right|250px|The Toulouse Capitol at the liberation of the city from Nazi German control, 1944 Etymology From en enm Capitolie, in historical sense, from en la Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of en capitol, en q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of en fr Capitole. Pronunciation en /ˈkæpɪtəl/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Capitol.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 Any particular capitol, particularly: en historical The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome. The town hall of Toulouse, France. The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet. en 1963 w:Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change 1953-1956 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 63-18447 64309101 3 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/page/3/ ON January 20, 1953, I stood on a platform at the East Front of the Capitol in Washington to take the oath, administered by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, as the thirty-fourth President of the United States — an office I was to hold for eight years. en US with context or qualifier The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets. Synonyms Roman Capitol See en Capitoline Hill Toulouse Capitol en Capitole Derived terms en Capitolian Capitol Site Translations temple of Jupiter in Rome Finnish: fi Jupiterin temppeli Irish: ga an Caipeatól m Italian: it Campidoglio m, it Capitolio m Manx: gv Çhiamble Yupiter m Polish: pl Kapitol m-in Portuguese: pt Capitólio m Romanian: ro Capitoliu n Russian: ru Капито́лий m Serbo-Croatian: sh Kapitol Sicilian: scn Capitùgghiu m, scn Capitùliu m Spanish: es Templo de Júpiter, es Capitolino legislative building in Washington, D.C. Arabic: ar كَابِيتُول الوِلَايَات المُتَّحِدَة m Armenian: hy Կապիտոլիում Bulgarian: bg Капитолий (САЩ) Catalan: ca Capitoli m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 國會大廈 Guóhuì Dàshà Czech: cs Kapitol m Danish: da Capitol Dutch: nl Capitool Estonian: et Kapitoolium Finnish: fi Yhdysvaltain kongressitalo French: fr Capitole des États-Unis m, fr Capitole Galician: gl Capitolio dos Estados Unidos m Georgian: ka კაპიტოლიუმი German: de Kapitol n Greek: el Καπιτώλιο n Hebrew: he הקפיטול ha-qapit'ol) Hindi: hi कांग्रेस सदन m Hungarian: hu Capitolium Interlingua: ia capitolio Italian: it Campidoglio m Japanese: ja 連邦議会議事堂 れんぽうぎかいぎじどう, renpōgikai gijidō Korean: ko 미국 의회의사당 Latin: la Capitolium n Latvian: lv Kapitolijs m Lithuanian: lt Kapitolijus m Manx: gv Thie yn Ardwhaiyl m Navajo: nv Kin Náhálgaaí Norwegian: no Capitol Persian: fa کاخ کنگره آمریکا kâx-e kongere-ye âmrikâ Polish: pl Kapitol m-in Portuguese: pt Capitólio m Romanian: ro Capitoliu n Russian: ru Капито́лий m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Капитол m Latin: sh Kapitol m Sicilian: scn Capitùgghiu m Slovak: sk Kapitol m Spanish: es Capitolio de los Estados Unidos m Swedish: sv Kapitolium Thai: th อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐอเมริกา Turkish: tr Amerikan Congre Binası Ukrainian: uk Капітолій m Vietnamese: vi Điện Capitol Hoa Kỳ Anagrams en acilopt pit coal optical pitcoal coalpit topical Policat coal pit lipcoat en terms calqued from French en Washington, D.C. Rome Ancient Rome