capital
Example Sentences
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Lagos, Nigeria's bustling economic capital, throngs with visitors from across the country and diaspora each December.
From Barron's
Earlier in December, a federal appeals court allowed troops to remain in the U.S. capital for now.
And some prices have been rounded down: the cost of public transport in the capital Sofia is due to fall slightly.
From BBC
The merged business has continued to wrestle with a slump in luxury-good sales, and it raised $600 million in fresh capital in June from bondholders to help cover a debt payment due then.
The authorities in the capital, Tehran, had declared Wednesday a bank holiday - in an apparent effort to quell the unrest.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
