Tropic of Cancer

English

Proper noun

Tropic of Cancer

1. (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 June solstice.

Related terms

• Tropic of Capricorn

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北回歸線／北回归线 (zh) (Běi-Huíguīxiàn), 北回归线 (zh) (Běihuíguīxiàn)

• Czech: obratník Raka m
• Dutch: Kreeftskeerkring (nl) m
• Estonian: Vähi pöörijoon
• Finnish: Kravun kääntöpiiri (fi)
• French: tropique du Cancer (fr) m
• German: nördlicher Wendekreis m
• Gujarati: કર્કવૃત્ત (karkavŕtt)
• Hungarian: Ráktérítő (hu)
• Irish: Trópaic an Phortáin f
• Italian: Tropico del Cancro m
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• Japanese: 北回帰線 (きたかいきせん, kita kaikisen)
• Manx: Çhyndaa yn Phartan m
• Maori: te ara o Matariki
• Polish: Zwrotnik Raka m
• 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
• Telugu: కర్కటరేఖ (karkaṭarēkha)
• Turkish: Yengeç dönencesi (tr), yengeç dönencesi