capital

noun/ˈkæpɪtl/CEFR A2

রাজধানী, মূলধন, পুঁজি

Meaning

The main city of a country, where the government sits.

Example sentences

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.ঢাকা বাংলাদেশের রাজধানী।
The capital is very crowded.রাজধানী খুব জনাকীর্ণ।
They needed capital to open the factory.কারখানা খুলতে তাদের মূলধন দরকার ছিল।
The firm raised capital from investors.প্রতিষ্ঠানটি বিনিয়োগকারীদের কাছ থেকে মূলধন সংগ্রহ করেছিল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: metropolis, funds, assets

Antonyms: debt

Similar words, and what each means

metropolis
মহানগরী
A very large and important city.
funds
অর্থ, তহবিলের টাকা
Money available to be spent, especially by an organisation.

Opposite words

debt
দেনা, ঋণের বোঝা, ঋণ
Money that you owe to someone and must pay back.
province
প্রদেশ; কারও কাজের এলাকা
A large administrative area of a country, or the area of work someone is responsible for.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

capitaliseverbমূলধনভুক্ত করা

“capital” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Capital or small letters are both accepted, and numbers may be written as figures.
IELTS Listening Spelling and Word Limit Rules →
Capital letters work in a message to a friend but look shouted in a formal email.
Emphatic Stress in English →
There is no capital letter in the Bangla alphabet at all — অ is অ wherever it stands — and there is no apostrophe, because possession rides on a case ending (রহিমের).
English Punctuation Rules →

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“capital” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • সুদখোর
- • স্তম্ভ, প্রধান ভরসা
- • রাজধানী, মূলধন, পুঁজি
- • নকশা, পরিকল্পনা
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রাজধানী, মূলধন, পুঁজি — capital (noun) — রাজধানী, মূলধন, পুঁজি. The main city of a country, where the government sits.
Which word is closest in meaning to “capital”?
- • welder
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- • metropolis
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metropolis — metropolis — মহানগরী. A very large and important city.

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