Capitol

A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill 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 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, PalauCapitol, capitols, or The Capitol may also refer to: Entertainment and MediaCapitol (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 trioBusinessCapitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment Capitol Records, a U.S. record label Capitol Air, originally known as Capitol International Airways, an American charter airline operating from 1946 to the mid 1980sOther locationsCapitoline Hill 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, a 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 Butte, a mountain in Arizona Capitol Reef National Park, 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), a historic building that housed the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia 1705–1779

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