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Tropic_of_Cancer

Tropic of Cancer

English

Proper noun

Tropic of Cancer

(geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′north of the equator, marking the northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the summer solstice.

Related terms

Tropic of Capricorn

Translations

the parallel of latitude 23°30′ north of the equator

Chinese:
Mandarin: 北回歸線 (zh), 北回归线 (zh) ‎(Běihuíguīxiàn)
Dutch: Kreeftskeerkring (nl) m
Estonian: Vähi pöörijoon
Finnish: Kravun kääntöpiiri (fi)
French: tropique du Cancer (fr) m
German: nördlicher Wendekreis m
Hungarian: Ráktérítő (hu)

Irish: Trópaic an Phortáin f
Japanese: 北回帰線 ‎(きたかいきせん, kita kaikisen)
Manx: Çhyndaa yn Phartan m
Maori: te ara o Matariki
Portuguese: Trópico de Câncer m
Romanian: Tropicul Cancerului n
Russian: тро́пик Ра́ка m ‎(trópik Ráka), се́верный тро́пик m ‎(sévernyj trópik)
Spanish: trópico de Cáncer m
Swedish: kräftans vändkrets
Turkish: Yengeç dönencesi (tr), yengeç dönencesi