It was the former capital of Turkey.

这是土耳其过去的首都。

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Chang 'an was the former capital of Tang Dynasty.

长安以前是唐朝的京城。

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It is the main city of the interior and a former capital of the whole country.

尼兹瓦是内地的主要城市，也是阿曼的前首都。

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It was a rare sight Friday in the South Korean capital: Senior North Korean envoys approached a memorial to former President Kim Dae-jung with a giant funeral bouquet bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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The former capital of the Byzantine and East Roman empires straddles the continents of Europe and Asia.

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One wonders what the former capital of Asia, Tokyo, thinks about all this.

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It was intended to let civil servants escape the chronic congestion, overstretched infrastructure and unhygienic conditions of the former capital, Lagos.

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