CAPITOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capitol mean? 

• CAPITOL (noun)
  The noun CAPITOL has 2 senses:

1. a building occupied by a state legislature

2. the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

  Familiarity information: CAPITOL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building occupied by a state legislature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("capitol" is a kind of...):

government building (a building that houses a branch of government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Capitol; Capitol Building

Instance hypernyms:

government building (a building that houses a branch of government)

Holonyms ("Capitol" is a part of...):

American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)