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# capitol

«capitol» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Capitol: the building in Washington, D.C** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a capitol, capitols; the Capitol)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (US) The Capitol: the building in Washington, D.C. where the US Congress meets to make laws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#m1)

2) (US) The building where a state's lawmakers meet, a state capitol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#m2)

3) (history) The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about the USA and politics it is the building with the big white dome. It is easily confused with "capital". Phrases: "the Capitol building", "Capitol Hill", "the state capitol".

### examples

- The US Congress meets in the Capitol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x1)
- The Capitol has a huge white dome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x2)
- We visited the state capitol in Austin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x3)
- Capitol Hill is often used to mean the US Congress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x4)
- In ancient Rome, the Capitol was a temple on a hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x5)
- ‘Great prince,’ said he, ‘cause a copper horse and rider to be made, and stationed in front of the Capitol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/#x6)

### note

Trap: "capitol" with -ol means a building; "capital" with -al means a main city (Washington is the capital), money, or a big letter. Memory trick: the Capitol has a dOme, so it has an O.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «capitol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.