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Capital

Capital is the following:

• In 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 is a religious capital.
• In finance and economics, capital is financial wealth.
• In architecture, the capital 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.

In societies with official religions there can be a religious capital as well, although in many states the religious, economic and political capital are the same.

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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