A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets and makes laws for its respective political entity. Specific capitols include: * United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. * Numerous U.S. state and territorial capitols * Capitolio Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia * Capitolio Federal in Caracas, Venezuela * El Capitolio in Havana, Cuba * Capitol of Palau in Ngerulmud, Palau Capitol, capitols, or The Capitol may also refer to: ;Entertainment and Media * Capitol (board game), a Roman-themed board game * Capitol (The Hunger Games trilogy), a fictional city in The Hunger Games novels * ''Capitol'' (TV series), a U.S. soap opera * Capitol (collection), a book by Orson Scott Card *

The Capitols The Capitols were an American, Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio, widely known in 1966 for their '' Billboard'' hit single " Cool Jerk". Formation and disbandment The R&B trio formed in 1962 as "The Three Caps," with Samuel George as the lead v ...

, a Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio ;Business * Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment *

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

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Capitol Air Capitol Air was a charter airline in the United States which was operational from 1946 to its bankruptcy filing on November 23, 1984. It was founded as Capitol Airways in 1946, and then renamed Capitol International Airways in 1967. In 1981, the ...

, originally known as Capitol International Airways, an American charter airline operating from 1946 to the mid 1980s ; Other locations * Capitoline Hill in Rome (from which the word ''capitol'' derives) * ''Capitols'', former name of the '' Capitol Corridor'' passenger train route in California, United States * Capitole de Toulouse, an historic building in Toulouse, France, now used as a municipal and public-arts center * The capitouls of Toulouse, the city's former chief magistrates * Capitol College, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland * Capitol Reef National Park, a U.S. National Park in south-central Utah * Capitolium, the temple for the Capitoline Triad in many cities of the Roman Empire * The Capitol (Hong Kong), a large private housing estate in Hong Kong * The Capitol (Fayetteville, North Carolina), department store * Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia), a historic building that housed the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia 1705–1779

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