Caipital
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In politics, a caipital (cried caipital ceety or poleetical caipital an aw — awtho the latter phrase haes a seicont meanin based on anither sense o "caipital") is the preencipal ceety or toun associatit wi a kintra's govrenment. It is awmaist aye the ceety that pheesically hauds the offices an meetin places o the seat o govrenment an is fixed bi law.
The wird caipital is derived frae the Laitin caput meanin "heid".
Seats o govrenment in muckle sub-kintra stewartries is aften cried "capitals", but this is for ordinar the case anerly in kintras wi some degree o federalism, whaur mucke sub-kintra stewartries haes a element o sovereignty. In unitary kintras, "admeenistrative centre" or ither seemilar terms is for ordinar uised. For example, the seat o government in a state o the Unitit States o Americae is for ordinar cried its "caipital", but the main ceety in a region o Ingland isna. At lawer admeenistrative subdiveesions, terms sic as coonty toun, coonty seat, or burgh seat is for ordinar uised.