Capital

Not to be confused with Capitol.

Capital in architecture : ancient Corinthian capital in the Great Mosque of kairouan, Tunisia.

Capital may refer to:

• Capital city, the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status, usually but not always the seat of the government
• Capital (economics), a factor of production that is not wanted for itself but for its ability to help in producing other goods
• Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a column or a pilaster
• Capital letter, an upper-case letter in a writing system
• Five Capitals, a model of sustainable development developed by the organization Forum for the Future

Forms of capital

See also Category: Capital

• Capital requirement or "bank capital", the requirement that banks keep certain monetary reserves
• Cultural capital, the advantage individuals can gain from mastering the cultural tastes of a privileged group
• Financial capital, any form of wealth capable of being employed in the production of more wealth
• Human capital, workers' skills and abilities as regards their contribution to an economy
• Infrastructural capital, means of production other than natural capital.
• Natural capital, the resources of an ecosystem that yields a flow of goods and services into the future
• Physical capital, any non-human asset made by humans and then used in production
• Political capital, means by which a politician or political party may gain support or popularity
• Social capital, the value of social networks to individuals embedded in them
• Working capital, short term capital needed by the company to finance its operations

Publications

• Capital (French magazine), a French-language magazine
• Capital (German magazine), a German-language magazine
• The Capital, a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, United States
• Capital (newspaper), a Bulgarian business-oriented weekly newspaper
• Capital (Romanian newspaper), a Romanian business-oriented weekly newspaper
• Das Kapital, by Karl Marx
• Capital Ethiopia, also known as Capital, an Ethiopian business-oriented weekly English-language newspaper

Colleges, seminaries, and universities

• Capital College, also called Penn State Harrisburg, in Middletown, Pennsylvania
• Capital Community College, a community college in Hartford, Connecticut
• Capital Bible Seminary, the seminary component of Washington Bible College with its main campus in Lanham, Maryland
• Capital University, a four-year private university in Columbus, Ohio
• Capitol College, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland

Media

• Capital (Radio network), is a collection of nine Independent Local Radio stations operating in the United Kingdom and owned by Global Radio, which launched on 3 January 2011

Sports

• Capital Clube de Futebol, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
• Edinburgh Capitals, a Scottish ice-hockey team
• Edmonton Capitals, a baseball team
• Washington Capitals, a National Hockey League Team (USA)

Other

• Capital Airlines (UK), an airline operating from the UK from 1987 to 1992
• Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a pillar or column
• Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion
• Capital punishment, the sentence of death
• Capital Radio (disambiguation), various radio stations named Capital
• Capitals (typeface), a small-caps serif typeface
• Capital ships, a classification of naval vessel

See also

• All pages beginning with "Capital"
• All pages with titles containing "Capital"
• List of national capitals
• Capitalism
• Capitalization (disambiguation)
• Cap (disambiguation)