Mne vstretilos na Eng takoye vyrazheniye - " a table town". Iz konteksta yasno, chto rech idyot o "stolnom gorode". Ya zainteresovalas. V Internete upotrebleniya virazheniya "table town" v takom kontekste ya ne nashla. Ya ne istorik. Chuvstvuyu, chto eto prosto kalka, no naskolko opravdanno eyo upotrebleniye, i naskolko "table town" budet ponyatno nositelyam? Est li adekvatniy perevod (except for "a capital").

Zaranee blagodaryu. F.

Main Entry: capital
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: city of governmental seat
Synonyms: control, county seat, metropolis, municipality, political front, principal city, the Hill