tropics

See also: Tropics

English

Noun

tropics

1. plural of tropic

Noun

tropics pl (plural only)

1. (geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

Synonyms

• tropical zone
• torrid zone

Related terms

• tropical

Translations

region of the Earth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (zh), 热带 (zh) (rèdài)

• Czech: tropy (cs) pl
• Danish: troperne c pl
• Finnish: tropiikki (fi)
• French: tropiques (fr) m pl
• German: Tropen (de) pl
• Irish: trópaicí f pl, teochrios m
• Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai)
• Maori: wāhi pārūrū, takiwā pārū
• Navajo: deesdoigi

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tropene pl

  Nynorsk: tropane pl

• Persian: مبدأها‎ (mabd'hā)
• Portuguese: trópicos (pt) m pl
• Romanian: tropice n pl
• Russian: тро́пики (ru) m pl (trópiki)
• Spanish: trópicos (es)
• Tagalog: alindanga, kaaalindangaan, intanan
• Vietnamese: nhiệt đới (vi)