Capital (disambiguation)

Capital is the following:

A capital city (in many states the political, religious, and economic capital are the same):
- In geography and politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital) of a country or other political entity is a city or town that contains the government.
- In societies with official religions a capital (religion) is a religious capital.
In finance and economics, capital (economics) is real or financial wealth.
In architecture, the capital (architecture) of a pillar or column is its top part.
In orthography, a capital is another term for an uppercase letter or majuscule.
In literature, Capital is the English title of Das Kapital by Karl Marx.

Capital punishment refers to death sentence.

Also, the term "capital" is often confused with the term capitol, which is the term used for certain buildings used to house the legislative body of a certain sovereignty.

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