tropics

See also: Tropics

English

Noun

tropics

1. plural of tropic
2. (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

plural form of tropic

• Czech: obratníky m pl

• Russian: тро́пики (ru) m pl (trópiki)

region of the Earth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (zh), 热带 (zh) (rèdài)

• Czech: tropy (cs) 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

• Navajo: deesdoigi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tropene pl

  Nynorsk: tropane pl

• Portuguese: trópicos (pt) m pl
• Romanian: tropice n pl
• Russian: тро́пики (ru) m pl (trópiki)
• Spanish: trópicos (es)
• Tagalog: alindanga, kaaalindangaan, intanan