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Meanings of capital letter in English

Portuguese
maiúsculo
Catalan
lletra majúscula

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

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      maiúsculo
      Usage of capital letter in English
      1
      Every important word in the Address should begin with a capital letter.
      Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
      2
      The use of the capital letter was usual at the time.
      Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World /...
      3
      About a century ago every noun began with a capital letter.
      Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composi...
      4
      The capital letter Y will give a correct idea of the cuttings thus made.
      Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
      5
      In German, all the Nouns begin with a capital letter.
      A Tramp Abroad
      6
      A bit like modern passwords making you include a numeral and a capital letter.
      The Guardian
      7
      There, I fancy,"-itwas his capital letter voice-"isa woman who understands."
      The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
      8
      The nouns are given a capital letter and these words included Fanshops, Teenagers and Adrenaline.
      The Irish Times
      9
      A capital letter is a letter of formal shape.
      Capitals / A Primer of Information about Capitalization with som...
      10
      He can write a capital letter, enough to make any of the 'quality people' cry.
      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
      11
      They needed to be uppercase, but some were lowercase while others had an initial capital letter.
      Sed & awk, 2nd edition
      12
      R.T. Lowe has written me a capital letter on the Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape Verde floras.
      More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
      13
      Every quotation should begin with a capital letter.
      Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
      14
      Respect everything that commences with a capital letter!
      Condensed Novels
      15
      That's why it's called a Guide,' Khan moved towards to the fire again, 'with a capital letter.
      Metro 2033
      16
      He was It with a capital letter.
      The Butterfly House
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