Earth's equator is parallel to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
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Tropic
//ˈtɹɒpɪk//
Synonyms for "tropic" (17 found)
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Related words (8)
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4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
14 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَدَار noun (either of the two parallels)
Armenian
1 entries- արևադարձ noun (either of the two parallels)
Basque
1 entries- tropiko noun (either of the two parallels)
Belarusian
1 entries- тро́пік noun (either of the two parallels)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тропик noun (either of the two parallels)
Catalan
1 entries- tròpic noun (either of the two parallels)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 回歸線 /回归线 noun (either of the two parallels)
- 熱帶 /热带 noun (either of the two parallels)
Corsican
1 entries- tropicu noun (either of the two parallels)
Czech
1 entries- obratník noun (either of the two parallels)
Danish
1 entries- vendekreds noun (either of the two parallels)
Dutch
1 entries- keerkring noun (either of the two parallels)
Esperanto
1 entries- tropiko noun (either of the two parallels)
Estonian
1 entries- pöörijoon noun (either of the two parallels)
Finnish
1 entries- kääntöpiiri noun (either of the two parallels)
French
1 entries- tropique noun (either of the two parallels)
Galician
1 entries- trópico noun (either of the two parallels)
Georgian
1 entries- ტროპიკი noun (either of the two parallels)
German
1 entries- Wendekreis noun (either of the two parallels)
Greek
1 entries- τροπικός noun (either of the two parallels)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוג noun (either of the two parallels)
Hindi
1 entries- ऊष्णकटिबन्ध noun (either of the two parallels)
Hungarian
1 entries- térítő noun (either of the two parallels)
Ido
1 entries- tropiko noun (either of the two parallels)
Ingrian
1 entries- troopikka noun (either of the two parallels)
Irish
1 entries- trópaic noun (either of the two parallels)
Italian
1 entries- tropico noun (either of the two parallels)
Japanese
2 entries- 回帰線 noun (either of the two parallels)
- 熱帯 noun (either of the two parallels)
Korean
1 entries- 회귀선 noun (either of the two parallels)
Latvian
2 entries- saulgriežu loks noun (either of the two parallels)
- trops noun (either of the two parallels)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atogrąža noun (either of the two parallels)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́вратник noun (either of the two parallels)
Manx
1 entries- çhyndaa ny greiney noun (either of the two parallels)
Māori
1 entries- takiwā pārūrū noun (either of the two parallels)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vendekrets noun (either of the two parallels)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vendekrins noun (either of the two parallels)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مدار noun (either of the two parallels)
Persian
1 entries- مدار noun (either of the two parallels)
Polish
1 entries- zwrotnik noun (either of the two parallels)
Portuguese
1 entries- trópico noun (either of the two parallels)
Romanian
1 entries- tropic noun (either of the two parallels)
Russian
1 entries- тро́пик noun (either of the two parallels)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- obratnica noun (either of the two parallels)
- povratnik noun (either of the two parallels)
- обратница noun (either of the two parallels)
- повратник noun (either of the two parallels)
Sicilian
1 entries- tropicu noun (either of the two parallels)
Slovak
1 entries- obrátnik noun (either of the two parallels)
Slovene
1 entries- povratnik noun (either of the two parallels)
Spanish
1 entries- trópico noun (either of the two parallels)
Swedish
1 entries- vändkrets noun (either of the two parallels)
Thai
1 entries- เขตร้อนของโลก noun (either of the two parallels)
Turkish
2 entries- dönence noun (either of the two parallels)
- tropika noun (either of the two parallels)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тро́пік noun (either of the two parallels)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhiệt đới noun (either of the two parallels)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The Tropic of Capricorn is in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Switzerland has alpine regions loftier and more imposing, Russia vaster steppes, and Norway more arctic scenery: but nowhere else in Europe do arctic and tropic so nearly meet as in Spain.
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O conſider my caſe, moſt blisfull Queen, […] Diſpell thoſe Clouds which hover 'twixt my King and his higheſt Counſell, […] that my great Law-making Court be forced to turn no more to polemicall Committees, […] but that they may come again to the old Parliamentary Rode, To the path of their Predeceſſours, to conſult of means how to ſweep away thoſe Cobwebs that hang in the Courts of Juſtice, and to make the Laws run in their right Channell; to retrench exceſſive fees, and finde remedies for the future, that the poor Client be not ſo peeled by his Lawyer, and made to ſuffer by ſuch monſtrous delays, that one may go from one Tropick to the other, and croſſe the Equinoctiall twenty times, before his ſute be done; […]
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