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The building in which the United States Congress meets in Washington, D.C., or the building in which a state legislature meets.

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  • The class stood on the steps of the capitol to have their picture taken.
  • KOTERSKI: I think he wanted to come to what he called the capitol of the world.
  • A country whose capitol is becoming ‘Londonistan’.
  • So I called capitol one and told them to come and get her vehicle.
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  • It is "capital" (first rate, most important) that you had the "capital" (money invested in a business) to landscape around both the "capitol" (building in which the state legislature meets) and the "Capitol" (building in which the United States Congress m
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