denver Improved Answer - If you are referring to the 'Colorado State Capitol Building' - that is the name. If you are asking what the capital of Colorado is, the answer is Denver.
Idaho is the name of a US state, not a capital. Its capital is Boise.
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Aguascalientes is the name of one of the 31 states that compose Mexico. It is also the name of a city, which happens to be the capital of the state with the same name.
The capital of the state of Mississippi is Jackson. It is named for Andrew Jackson.
Denver (City) was named after James W. Denver, who had been the Territorial Governor of the Kansas Territory (which it was located within at the time). When Kansas later became a state, it did not include Denver City, which became part of the Colorado Territory and shortened its name to simply Denver.
Saint Paul, Raleigh, Columbus, Bismarck ... to name but a few. what capital has a persons name in it?
The only vowel that does not end the name of a state capital is "I." All other vowels—A, E, O, and U—are found at the end of at least one state capital's name. For example, capitals like Atlanta, Denver, and Honolulu end with those respective vowels. However, no state capital ends with the letter "I."
There is no US capital named "for" a potato. The state of Idaho is used as the name of a type of large brown potato (Russet Burbank), which is grown there and elsewhere.
Juneau is named for Joe Juneau a French Canadian.
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Denver City was the capital of the Colorado Territory, but shortened its name to Denver when it became the first Capital of Colorado in 1876.