Can you move your capital?

[r_rolo1]

"Uh Bert, Can you move your Capital please?"

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cap·i·tal
1   /ˈkæpɪtl/ [kap-i-tl]
–noun
1.
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
2.
a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world.

Cap·i·tol
   /ˈkæpɪtl/ [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.

From dictionary.com

 

[Minor Annoyance]

So the question is, can you move your capitol (at least during peacetime) if it happens to be close the border. Ideally you wouldn't want this situation. But random maps sometimes put you in this situation, and it cannot be avoided.

That sounds like a situation where an early rush would be needed, but unless you're on a very small or overpopulated map, how often do you end up with two capitols next to each other with no room for cities between them?

 

[White Elk]

cap·i·tal
1   /ˈkæpɪtl/ [kap-i-tl]
–noun
1.
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
2.
a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world.

From dictionary.com

Dictionary.com

–noun
3. capital letter.

–adjective
14. capital letter.

TheFreeDictionary.com

n.
7. A capital letter.

adj.
7. Relating to or being a capital letter.

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[r_rolo1]

Picking meaning nº 7 or nº3 against meaning nº1 is not as convincing as that

P.S This was more a rant vs the tendency that most americans have to use capitol and capital as equivalents , just because their ( and yours, by what I see ) capital has a capitol. There are only 2 cities in the world that have capitols and are capitals , you know ...