Definition of "small capital" []

• A letter having the form of a capital letter but smaller; for example: SMALL CAPITALS. (noun)

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• "When she was beyond the small capital city of Royal Fenguard, in the marshes of the Little Fen that extended between it and the broad expanse of Moss Lake, she guided the skiff out of the main channel and made it go up one of the innumerable small creeks that led back into the bulrushes."