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Cap⋅i⋅tol
[kap-i-tl] 
–noun
| 1. | the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions. |
| 2. | (often lowercase ) a building occupied by a state legislature. |
| 3. | the ancient temple of Jupiter at Rome, on the Capitoline. |
| 4. | the Capitoline. |
Origin:
1690–1700, Americanism; < L capitōlium temple of Jupiter on Capitoline hill, Rome, taken to be a derivative of caput head; r. ME capitolie < ONF
1690–1700, Americanism; < L capitōlium temple of Jupiter on Capitoline hill, Rome, taken to be a derivative of caput head; r. ME capitolie < ONF
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| cap·i·tol (kāp'ĭ-tl) n.
[Middle English Capitol, Jupiter's temple in Rome, from Old French capitole, from Latin Capitōlium, after Capitōlīnus, Capitoline, the hill on which Jupiter's temple stood; perhaps akin to caput, capit-, head; see capital1.] |
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Capitol
Cap"i*tol\, [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes C[ae]sar to the Capitol to-morrow? --Shak. 2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
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Language Translation for : Capitol
Spanish:
capitel,
German:
das Kapitell,
Japanese:
柱頭
Capitol
"building where U.S. Congress meets," 1793 (in writings of Thomas Jefferson), from L. Capitolium, temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Used earlier of Virginia state houses (1699). Its use in American public architecture deliberately evokes Roman republican imagery. With reference to the Roman citadel, it is recorded from 1375. Relationship to capital is likely but not certain.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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