Team Name Question

[Heretic]

Why are they the Washington Capitals, and not the Washington Capitols?

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[discobob]

They mean different things, so they wanted to reference the city, not just the building...

 

[g00n]

googling is fast

http://teamnameorigin.com/nhl/nickname/washington-capitals

 

[John Price]

DC is capital of America

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Not a redskins thread?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

googling is fast

http://teamnameorigin.com/nhl/nickname/washington-capitals

"Stanley Cup Championships: nada"

 

[txpd]

DC is capital of America

Capital is money as in Capital investment. Capitol is the domed building in DC. I recall there being a reason why they couldn't use the word Capitol.

 

[jsykes]

Capital is money as in Capital investment. Capitol is the domed building in DC. I recall there being a reason why they couldn't use the word Capitol.

Capital is also the city of the official government for a city, state, country etc.

Washington is the capital of the United States. Hence the name.

They weren't named after the building.

 

[895]

They were named the Capitals because Abe Pollin realised that both his first name and his last name started with a capital letter.

 

[John Price]

Capital is money as in Capital investment. Capitol is the domed building in DC. I recall there being a reason why they couldn't use the word Capitol.

The simplest explanation is that it's just named after the nation's capital hence Washington Capitals. Nothing about money or anything.