Capitan and Kapitan are equivalents of the English
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
in other European languages.
Capitan, Capitano, and Kapitan may also refer to:
Places in the United States
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Capitan, Louisiana Capitan is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area ...
, an unincorporated community
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Capitan, New Mexico, a village
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Capitan Mountains
The Capitan Mountains are a mountain range in Lincoln County, in south-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The range is about 20 miles (32 km) long from east to west being about 6 miles (10 km) wide and were formed fr ...
, New Mexico
People
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George Kapitan, who wrote for
Timely in the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Tomis Kapitan, an American philosopher and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University.
Arts and entertainment
*''Der Kapitän'' or
''The Captain'' (film), a 1971 German comedy
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''Der Kapitän'' (TV series), a German series
*''Le Capitan'', a novel by
Michel Zevaco
Other uses
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Kapitän, a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy
*Kapitan, another name for
Opperhoofd, a Dutch colonial governor
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Opel Kapitän
The Opel Kapitän is a luxury car made in several different generations by the German car manufacturer Opel from 1938 until 1970.
Kapitän (1938–1940)
The Kapitän was the last new Opel model to appear before the outbreak of the Second ...
, a luxury car manufactured from 1938 to 1970
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Capitan (tequila)
Capitan and Kapitan are equivalents of the English Captain in other European languages.
Capitan, Capitano, and Kapitan may also refer to:
Places in the United States
* Capitan, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
*Capitan, New Mexico, a villag ...
, a brand of tequila produced by
Barton Brands
*Capitan Records, a record label set up by US musician
Chris Brokaw
*Capitán, a dog of
Villa Carlos Paz who has spent six years in vigil at the grave of his master
See also
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Barangay captain, usually referred in the Philippines as "kapitan"
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Capoten
Captopril, sold under the brand name Capoten among others, is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first oral ACE inhibitor found ...
, a drug used for the treatment of hypertension
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El Capitan (disambiguation)
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Kapitan Arab
Kapitan Arab or Kapten Arab (Captain of the Arabs; nl, Kapitein der Arabieren; ar-at, الكابتن العرب, al-Kābitin al-'Arab) or ''Head of The Arabs'' ( nl, Hoofd der Arabieren; ar-at, القائد العرب , al-Qā'id al-'Arab) is ...
, a Dutch East Indies title for the representative of Arab enclave
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Kapitan Cina or Capitan China, an originally Portuguese title for the representative of a Chinese enclave
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Kapitan Keling
Historically, a Kapitan Keling was appointed by European authorities to govern local Indian communities in colonial territories in Southeast Asia, similar to the more widespread office of the "Kapitan Cina" for the Chinese community. "Keling" is a ...
, a representative of an Indian community
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Kapudan Pasha, the admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire
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Katepano
The ''katepánō'' ( el, κατεπάνω, lit. "he oneplaced at the top", or " the topmost") was a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as ''capetanus/catepan'', and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the ...
, a senior Byzantine military rank and office
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