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Definition: Capitol |
CapitolNoun1. The federal government of the United States. 2. The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Capitol" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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A Capitol is a building that houses the administration of a government. The word derives from the Capitoline Hill in Rome, seat of the government of the Roman Republic.
See also: countries of the world , United States Capitol
See also: Capitol Records
Homonym: "capital", the town which houses the capitol.
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Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, now part of the EMI Music Group.
A Capitol Record by Wingy Manone
History
Capitol Records was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942. He had the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva, and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, owner of Music City, the biggest record store in Los Angeles, California. Capitol was the first West Coast label, competing with RCA-Victor, Columbia and Decca in New York. In addition to its Los Angeles recording studio Capitol had a second studio in New York City, and on occasion sent mobile recording equiptment to New Orleans, Louisiana and other cities.The earliest recording artists included Paul Whiteman, Martha Tilton, and Ella Mae Morse. Capitol's first gold single was Moorse's "Cow Cow Boogie" in 1942. By 1946 Capitol had sold 42 million records and was established as one of the Big Six studios. In 1950 Capitol built its own studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.
By the mid-1950s Capitol had become a huge company, concentrating on popular music. Their roster included Nat King Cole, Stan Kenton, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Nelson Riddle. It started a subsidiary label "Angel Records" for classical music, most of the recordings were recorded in Europe and pressed from masters leased from European lables.
In 1955, the English record company EMI acquired Capitol Records for $8.5 million. Soon afterward, EMI built a new studio in Hollywood to match its state-of-the-art Abbey Road studio in London.
The Capitol Tower
The Capitol Records building is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Hollywood, California. The 13-storey earthquake-resistant tower, designed by Welton Becket, was the world's first circular office building. The wide curved awnings over windows on each storey and the tall spike emerging from the top of the building combine to give it the appearance of a stack of vinyl 45s on a turntable. The rectangular ground floor is a separate structure, joined to the tower after it was completed. It was built in 1956 just north of the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.
Capitol/EMI
The merger of Capitol Records and EMI created an even more powerful label, which has been home to such acts as The Beatles, the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Duran Duran, Bonnie Raitt, Robbie Robertson, Steve Miller, Tina Turner, the Beastie Boys, and Garth Brooks.In 2001, EMI merged Capitol Records label with the Priority Records label. The combined label manages artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and C-Murder.
See also:
- List of other record labels
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The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. It is located atop Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The building is characterized by a central dome and two wings — one for each branch of Congress. The north wing is home of the Senate, the south wing is home of the House of Representatives.
Construction of the Capitol building began in 1793. The Senate wing was completed in 1800, while the House wing was completed in 1811. The Capitol building held its first session of Congress on November 17, 1800. Shortly after completion, it was partially burned by the British. Reconstruction began in 1815, and was completed by 1830.The architect Benjamin Latrobe is principally connected with the original construction and many innovative interior features.
The building was expanded dramatically in the 1850s. Thomas U. Walter was responsible for the wing extensions and the "wedding cake" cast-iron dome. In 1863 'Armed Freedom', a colossal statue, was added to the top of the dome.
When the dome of the Capitol was finally completed, but to a significantly enlarged design than had initially been planned, its massive visual weight overpowered the proportions of the columns of the East Portico, built in 1828. An extended addition to the Capitol was constructed in 1958, but the historic Corinthian columns were rendered homeless, until landcape designer Russell Page created a suitable setting for them in a large meadow at the National Arboretum, where they are combined with a relecting pool in an ensemble that reminds some visitors disconcertingly of Persepolis [1].
On July 24, 1998, Russel Eugene Weston Jr burst into the Capitol and opened fire killing two police officers. He was later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
See also Congressional Subway.
External link
- Architect of the Capitol
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Synonyms: CapitolSynonyms: Capitol Building (n), Washington (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum; (refuge); keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath; wooden walls. |
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Crosswords: Capitol |
| English words defined with "Capitol": Andrew Jackson Downing ♦ Babylon ♦ Capitol Hill, Capitoline, Capitoline games ♦ Downing ♦ the Hill. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Capitol": Æmillian Law ♦ CAESAR, Capital Press Corps, Catiline's Conspiracy, City of the Seven Hills ♦ Pliny's Doves ♦ Querno. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Capitol" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (chapter, section, title). |
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Screenplays | They've got a State Capitol there, you know (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur) When an armed and threatening power lands uninvited in our capitol, we don't meet him with tea and cookies (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; writing credit: Curt Siodmak) That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill (Being There; writing credit: Jerzy Kosinski) We're due at the capitol and you're porking the math teacher (Senior Trip; writing credit: Roger Kumble; I. Marlene King) Just get up off the ground, that's all I ask. Get up there with that lady that's up on top of this Capitol dome, that lady that stands for liberty (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; writing credit: Sidney Buchman) | |
Lyrics | You treat it like a capitol crime (Paradise City; performing artist: Guns N' Roses) Last night I watched the news from Washington, the capitol (LAWYERS IN LOVE; performing artist: Jackson Browne) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Capitol Cloak Room (1949) The Capitol (1919) President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol (1901) | |
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 | Dome of the U. S. Capitol Building. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A mature female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), known colloquially as a "sook." Note the apron, shaped like the Capitol building, and the red-tipped claws. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The Missouri River separates agriculture from the city life as it flows past the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. Credit: Sarah Minor. |  | U.S. Capitol, west front. Credit: USDA. |
 | Capitol Reef National Park. Credit: NPS. |  | West (door) elevation. Photograph by Gerda Peterich, September 1962. (Reproduction Number: HABS ME,3-PORTS,1-2) This unusual-looking lighthouse is built of curved cast-iron plates whose seams are cleverly disguised by six decorative Corinthian columns. Built in 1855 and rebuilt twenty years later, the lighthouse may have been the work of Thomas Ustick Walter, designer of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The lighthouse's flashing red beacon helped guide ships from Casco Bay through the entrance to Portland Harbor. Wooden sheds and a six-room house for the lighthouse-keeper were added at a later date but have since been removed. The lighthouse itself was abandoned in 1943. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Interior, detail of south wall. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, August 1970. (Reproduction Number: HABS TENN,19-NASH,13-7) The interior columns, moldings, and illusionistic fresco ornament shown here along the south wall of Nashville’s First Presbyterian Church are in the Egyptian Revival style, an exotic style of architecture that became popular in the first half of the nineteenth century following Napoleon’s conquests. The Egyptian Revival style is noted for its lotus-leaf-inspired capitals, bulging columns, and Egyptian gorges, the dramatically curved cornice topping many Egyptian buildings. Begun in 1849 by William Strickland, the architect of the Tennessee State Capitol, this is the largest and best-preserved Egyptian Revival church in the United States. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | [A boy and girl, half-length portrait, standing in front of the U.S. Capitol dome] P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Rebecca Snyder.. |
 | Feeds a friendly squirrel on the Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C., in late 1918. Credit: NAVY. |  | Line engraving after a drawing by J.O. Davidson, published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume III, page 573, depicting the ship fitting out off Yazoo City, Mississippi, in June-July 1862. Assisting in the work is the CSS Capitol. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Capitol Reflection" by Mike Mertz Commentary: "Reflection of the Indiana Capitol on a building across the street." | "Capitol illness 3" by Kevin C Commentary: "... visit my manip site: blindgorgon.deviantart ..." |
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| Author | Quotation |
President Abraham Lincoln. | If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on. |
Rufus Choate | We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution. |
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Business | Within a decade of the 1985 construction of the first such complex, the Galleria in Istanbul, many others have been completed, such as Carousel, Akmerkez, Capitol, and Carrefour in Istanbul, Atakule and Karum in Ankara, Kipa, Isbirligi and EGS Park in Izmir, and several new malls in Bursa. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bhutan | However, human rights groups active outside the country maintain that prison conditions outside of the capitol city of Thimpu remain oppressive. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Bob, alas, you did not go for our bait to get into a new fight with David Obey, but I think the tension between Mitch Daniels and the appropriators on Capitol Hill is inherent, it's going to continue, and it's because of those big tax cuts. |
Robert Novak | But Dr. Lindsey, let's be candid. There are people on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, in Congress, who have taken this war as an opportunity to really open the floodgates on spending, raising appropriations far above your proposal. |
Senator Joseph Biden | I think it was inappropriate to give a forum to Bibi in the United States Capitol for the purpose of countering the initiative of the president of the United States at this moment. There is plenty of time to do that when Powell comes home. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Although the progress of the public buildings has been as favorable as circumstances have permitted, it is to be regretted that the Capitol is not yet in a state to receive you. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | During the period of my own service in this Capitol and in the White House, I can recall many orderly transitions of governmental responsibility--of problems as well as of position, of burdens as well as of power. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As I came into the Capitol tonight, I saw the farmers, my fellow farmers, standing out in the snow. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | This is the first time in history that this ceremony has been held, as you have been told, on this West Front of the Capitol. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Lyn Gibson and Wei Ling Chestnut are the widows of the two brave Capitol Police Officers who gave their lives to defend freedom's house. |
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| "Capitol" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.40% of the time. "Capitol" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 93.4% | 99 | 32,870 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.6% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Capitol Bancorp Ltd. |
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1. Capitol, MT |
Expressions using "Capitol": Capitol Building ♦ Capitol Heights ♦ capitol hill ♦ Capitol Island ♦ Capitol Reef National Park. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
capitol one | 3,740 | capitol theater utah | 63 |
capitol record | 402 | capitol college | 59 |
capitol | 364 | capitol of texas | 59 |
state capitol | 323 | arpt capitol city harrisburg pa | 57 |
us capitol | 275 | us capitol police | 56 |
capitol one credit card | 254 | capitol heights maryland | 55 |
hentai capitol | 161 | capitol police | 54 |
capitol journal topeka | 139 | capitol lighting | 52 |
capitol one.com | 133 | capitol times | 49 |
capitol theater | 131 | texas state capitol | 49 |
capitol steps | 130 | capitol honda | 48 |
united state capitol | 121 | capitol city lake salt theater | 48 |
capitol one bank | 119 | capitol fairbanks | 44 |
capitol federal savings | 116 | capitol commerce mortgage | 42 |
capitol one visa | 111 | venture capitol | 42 |
capitol hill | 103 | capitol u.s | 42 |
capitol building | 92 | capitol south dakota | 42 |
capitol federal | 83 | capitol ford | 41 |
capitol one auto finance | 67 | capitol reef | 41 |
capitol one master card | 63 | capitol hilton | 41 |
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| Language | Translations for "Capitol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Kapitool. (various references) | |
Albanian | Selia E Kongresit, Kapitoli. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Капитолът, Зданието На Конгреса В Сащ, Голямо Здание В Класически Стил. (various references) | |
Chinese | 国会大厦. (various references) | |
Czech | Oficiální Budova Kongresu. (various references) | |
Dutch | Capitool. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Kapitolo. (various references) | |
French | capitole. (various references) | |
German | Kapitol (statehouse). (various references) | |
Greek | ίαπιτώλιο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Kongresszus Székháza Washingtonban. (various references) | |
Italian | Campidoglio, metropoli (capital, metropolis). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 国会議事堂 (Capitol Hill, National Diet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こっかいぎじどう (Capitol Hill, National Diet). (various references) | |
Manx | Thie yn Ardwhaiyl, chiamble Yupiter. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apitolcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Capitólio. (various references) | |
Romanian | Capitoliu. (various references) | |
Russian | Капитолий, капитолий, Здание Конгресса Сша. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zgrada kongresa, kapitol. (various references) | |
Spanish | Capitolio (capital). (various references) | |
Swedish | Capitolium. (various references) | |
Thai | อาคารหน่วยงานของรัฐ. (various references) | |
Turkish | Kapitol, Jüpiter Tapınağı, Amerikan Kongre Binası. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Капітолій, Будинок Конгресу Сша, Будинок Законодавчих Зборів Штату. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Capitolium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Capitol": capitols. (additional references) | |
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"Capitol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caepio, Capino, Capiot, Capirola, Capisto, capit, capitali, capite, capitel, capiti, Capito, capitole, Capitolina, Caxito. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Capitol" (pronounced ka"putul) |
| 7 | k a" p u t u l | capital. |
| 5 | -p u t u l | occipital. |
| 4 | -u t u l | congenital, digital, extramarital, genital, marital, nonvolatile, orbital, parietal, pivotal, premarital, skeletal, societal, vegetal, versatile, volatile. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skittle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vestal, vital, vittle, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coalpit, optical, topical. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: atopic, citola, coital. | |
-2 letters: clapt, clipt, coapt, coati, copal, lotic, octal, optic, patio, pical, picot, pilot, plait, plica, tical, topic. | |
-3 letters: alit, alto, atop, calo, capo, ciao, clap, clip, clit, clop, clot, coal, coat, coil, cola, colt, iota, laic, lati, lipa, loca, loci, lota, loti, opal, otic, pact, pail, pial, pica, pita, plat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: capitols, coalpits, platonic, poetical, tropical. | |
+2 letters: allotypic, apostolic, captopril, complaint, compliant, haplontic, occipital, optically, patchouli, pictorial, placation, plication, political, precoital, prolactin, scapolite, topically. | |
+3 letters: allopatric, allotropic, antipolice, apolitical, apologetic, apoplectic, apothecial, applicator, captiously, captoprils, compatible, compatibly, complaints, complicate, copulating, copulation, copulative, diplomatic, duplicator, epitomical, explicator, halophytic, neoplastic, noncapital, nonplastic, nontypical, nyctalopia, occipitals, ophthalmic, patchoulis, pathologic, peculation, photically, pictorials, placations, planktonic, pleonastic, plications, poetically, politician, polyatomic, polymathic, pontifical, postcoital, pratincole, proctorial, prolactins, replicator, scapolites, synoptical, topicality, tropically. | |
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