Capitalization Examples
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- Isthmian
- Panama
- Cape (see geographic terms)
- Capital, Capital City, National Capital (Washington, DC); but the capital (State)
- Capitol Building (with State name); the capital
- Capitol, the (Washington, DC):
- Architect of
- Building
- caucus room
- Chamber
- Cloakroom
- dome
- Grounds
- Halls (House and Senate)
- Halls of Congress
- Hill; the Hill
- Police (see Police)
- Power Plant
- Prayer Room
- Press Gallery, etc.
- rotunda
- Senate wing
- stationery room
- Statuary Hall
- the well (House or Senate)
- west front
- catch-22
- Caucasian (see White)
- caucus: Republican; but Congressional Black Caucus (incorporated name); Sun Belt Caucus
- CD-ROM
- Cemetery, if part of name: Arlington National; the cemetery
- Census:
- Twenty-third Decennial (title); Twenty-third (title); the census
- 2000 census
- 2000 Census of Agriculture; the census of agriculture; the census
- the 23d and subsequent decennial censuses
- Center, if part of name; the Center (Federal); the center (non-Federal):
- Agricultural Research, etc.; the Center (Federal)
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Kennedy Center; the Center (Federal)
- the Lincoln Center; the center (non-Federal)
- central Asia, etc.
- Central America
- Central Europe
- Central States
- central time (see time)
- century, first, 21st, etc.
- Chair, the, if personified
- Chairman, Chairwoman, Chair:
- of the Board of Directors; the Chairman (Federal); but chairman of the board of directors (non-Federal)
- of the Committee of the Whole House; the Chairman
- of the Federal Trade Commission; the Chairman
- Vice
- chairman, chairwoman, chair (congressional):
- of the Appropriations Committee
- of the Subcommittee on Banking
- but Chairman Davis, Chairwoman Landrieu
- Chamber of Commerce; the chamber:
- of Ada; Ada Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of commerce
- of the United States; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of commerce; national chamber
- Chamber, the (Senate or House)
- channel 3 (TV); the channel
- Chaplain (House or Senate); but Navy chaplain