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–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

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—Usage note See capital¹.

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n.

A building or complex of buildings in which a state legislature meets.
Capitol The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets. See Usage Note at capital¹.

[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

"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.

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capitol
noun
1.	a building occupied by a state legislature
2.	the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

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Capitol Island, ME Zip code(s): 04538

Capitol Heights, MD (town, FIPS 13000) Location: 38.87785 N, 76.90807 W
Population (1990): 3633 (1209 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Capitol, MT Zip code(s): 59319

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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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