The first US capital was Philadelphia. This would be the oldest capital of the US.
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The first capital city of the US was New York.
The nouns in the sentence are:US (United States)capitalThe noun 'US' is functioning as an attributive noun, a noun used as an adjective to describe another noun (capital).
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In 1789 New York City became the nation's first capital. Then in 1790 the capital was relocated to Pennsylvania where it remained for ten years. Once again in 1800 the capital was move to its current location in Washington D.C.
Some consider York to have been the first capital because of the Articles of Confederation but New York City was the first capital of the New Constitution.