Capitol

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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, Palau

Capitol, capitols, or The Capitol may also refer to:

Arts, Entertainment, Media

Capitol (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 trio

Sports

Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment

Bismarck Capitols, a sem-pro ice hockey team in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, in the Southwest Hockey League
Des Moines Capitols, a minor league professional ice hockey team from Des Moines, Iowa, USA, in the International Hockey League (IHL)
Harlingen Capitols, a minor league professional baseball team from Harlingen, Texas, USA
Harrisburg Capitols, a minor league American football team from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Atlantic Coast Football League
Harrisburg Capitols, and Harrisburg Caps; a professional basketball team from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Eastern Professional Basketball League; the successor of the Harrisburg Senators (basketball)
Hartford Capitols, a professional basketball team from Hartford, Connecticut, USA, in the Eastern Professional Basketball League
Indianapolis Capitols, a professional American football team from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in the Continental Football League
Lincoln Capitols, an indoor arena football (American gridiron) team from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, in the Indoor Football League
Madison Capitols, a top-tier junior ice hockey team in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA, in the United States Hockey League (USHL)
Sacramento Capitols, a professional American football team from Sacramento, California, USA, in the Continental Football League
Springfield Capitols, an ice hockey team from Springfield, Illinois, USA, in the All-American Hockey League
Tallahassee Capitols, a Class-D minor league professional baseball team from Tallahassee, Florida, USA, in the Georgia–Florida League
Washington Capitols, a professional ice hockey team from District of Columbia, USA, in the National Hockey League (NHL)
Wisconsin Capitols, a junior ice hockey team in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, in the United States Hockey League (USHL)

Transport and vehicular

Capitol Air, originally known as Capitol International Airways, an American charter airline operating from 1946 to the mid-1980s
Le Capitole (train), a former express train between Paris and Toulouse
Capitols, former name of the Capitol Corridor passenger train route in California, United States
Chevrolet Series AA "Capitol", an American automobile

Other locations

Capitoline Hill in Rome (from which the word capitol derives)
Capitole de Toulouse, a historic building in Toulouse, France, now used as a municipal and public-arts center
Capitol College, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland, USA
Capitol Butte, a mountain in Arizona
Capitol Reef National Park, a U.S. National Park in south-central Utah
The Capitol (Hong Kong), China; a large private housing estate in Hong Kong
The Capitol (Fayetteville, North Carolina), USA; department store
Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia), USA; a historic building that housed the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia 1705–1779

Other uses

Capitol Records, a U.S. record label
The capitouls of Toulouse, the city's former chief magistrates
Capitolium, the temple for the Capitoline Triad in many cities of the Roman Empire

See also