The word 'capitals' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about a city or country which is considered to be the main or most important one of the region or group. Example sentence: London is one of the world's most iconic capitals.
Unlike in other European capitals, where one can perceive a degree of animosity and frustration with Cameron's tricks and tactics, Spain has no special interest in making things hard for the British prime minister.
Until the last few weeks the conventional wisdom in Washington, London and Arab capitals was that Isis had been forced on to the back foot, suffering from shortages of cash, weapons and problems of resupply, even if its morale was sustained by a slick propaganda machine that kept attracting recruits.
There is an interesting parallel with Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan before the 1975 referendum, who trotted round the capitals of Europe getting a packet of matches rather than a cigar and hailed this as a great triumph".
The bill, which will be published on Thursday as the prime minister embarks on a tour of European capitals to begin the process of outlining his renegotiation plans, will confirm that the government has accepted the advice of the Electoral Commission on the referendum question.
In a statement shortly following the law was passed, the government said that "South Africa takes note of the recent developments regarding the situation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex persons (LGBTI) worldwide….[and] will, through existing diplomatic channels, be seeking clarification on these developments from many capitals around the world".
The accusations that the report has been buried will also infuriate the UK's EU partners and could make the job of renegotiating this country's terms of membership far more difficult for Cameron, if he wins the election, as it will be known in other European capitals that the London civil service believes there is no real case for repatriating powers.
And he will get support from other European capitals if he plays his cards right".
"The virus is still moving geographically and escalating in the capitals," he said.
The talk among policymakers in European capitals struggling to counter what they see as the slick Kremlin operations aimed at dividing and enfeebling Europe is of "Putin's useful idiots".
Sacha Llorenti, the Bolivian ambassador to the UN, is currently touring the world's capitals trying to change that.
But relations became frosty as the two capitals followed opposing paths over the Syrian conflict.
