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Tropic_of_Capricorn

Tropic of Capricorn

English

Proper noun

Tropic of Capricorn

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

Related terms

Tropic of Cancer

Translations

parallel of latitude 23°30' S

Chinese:
Mandarin: 南回歸線 (zh), 南回归线 (zh) ‎(Nánhuíguīxiàn)
Dutch: Steenbokskeerkring (nl) m
Estonian: Kaljukitse pöörijoon
Finnish: Kauriin kääntöpiiri (fi)
French: tropique du Capricorne (fr) m
Galician: Trópico de Capricornio m
German: südlicher Wendekreis m
Hungarian: Baktérítő (hu)

Irish: Trópaic an Ghabhair f
Japanese: 南回帰線 ‎(みなみかいきせん, minami kaikisen)
Manx: Çhyndaa yn Ghoayr m
Maori: te ara o Rehua
Portuguese: Trópico de Capricórnio m
Romanian: Tropicul Capricornului n
Russian: тро́пик Козеро́га m ‎(trópik Kozeróga), ю́жный тро́пик m ‎(júžnyj trópik)
Turkish: oğlak dönencesi, Oğlak dönencesi (tr)