English
Etymology
The Sun was in the constellation Cancer at the June solstice when it was named.
Proper noun
the Tropic of Cancer
- (geography) The parallel of latitude 23°26′north of the equator, marking the northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the June solstice.
- Synonym: Northern Tropic
- Coordinate term: Tropic of Capricorn
Translations
the parallel north of the equator marking the boundary of the tropics
- Afrikaans: Kreefskeerkring
- Albanian: Tropiku i Kancerit
- Arabic: مَدَار السَّرَطَان m (madār as-saraṭān)
- Armenian: հյուսիսային արևադարձ (hyusisayin arewadarj)
- Basque: Kantzer tropikoa
- Belarusian: тропік Рака m (trópik Raka), паўночны тропік m (paŭnóčny trópik)
- Bulgarian: Тропик на Рака m (Tropik na Raka)
- Burmese: မြောက်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း (mrauk-yanycwan:tan:)
- Catalan: tròpic de Càncer m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 北回歸線 / 北回归线 (zh) (Běihuíguīxiàn)
- Czech: obratník Raka m
- Danish: Krebsens vendekreds c
- Dutch: Kreeftskeerkring (nl) m
- Esperanto: Tropiko de Kankro
- Estonian: Vähi pöörijoon
- Finnish: Kravun kääntöpiiri (fi)
- French: tropique du Cancer (fr) m
- Galician: Trópico de Cáncer m
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ტროპიკი (črdiloeti ṭroṗiḳi), კირჩხიბის ტროპიკი (ḳirčxibis ṭroṗiḳi)
- German: nördlicher Wendekreis m
- Greek: Τροπικός του Καρκίνου m (Tropikós tou Karkínou)
- Gujarati: કર્કવૃત્ત (karkavŕtt)
- Hebrew: חוג הסרטן (he) m (khúg hasartán)
- Hindi: कर्क रेखा (kark rekhā)
- Hungarian: Ráktérítő (hu)
- Ido: Tropiko di Kankro
- Indonesian: garis balik utara (id)
- Irish: Trópaic an Phortáin f
- Italian: Tropico del Cancro m
- Japanese: 北回帰線 (ja) (きたかいきせん, kita kaikisen)
- Korean: 북회귀선 (bukhoegwiseon)
- Latvian: Ziemeļu tropu loks m
- Lithuanian: Vėžio atogrąža f, Šiaurės atogrąža f
- Macedonian: северен повратник m (severen povratnik)
- Malay: Garisan Sartan
- Manx: Çhyndaa yn Phartan m
- Maori: te ara o Matariki
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Krepsens vendekrets m
- Nynorsk: Krepsen sin vendekrins m
- Persian: مدار رأسالسرطان (madâr-e ra's-os-saratân)
- Polish: zwrotnik Raka (pl) m
- Portuguese: Trópico de Câncer m
- Romanian: Tropicul Cancerului n
- Russian: тро́пик Ра́ка (ru) m (trópik Ráka), се́верный тро́пик m (sévernyj trópik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìoch Thuath na Grèine f, Tropaig a' Phortain f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: северни повратник m, Ракова обратница f
- Roman: severni povratnik m, Rakova obratnica f
- Slovak: Obrátnik Raka m
- Slovene: Rakov povratnik (sl) m
- Spanish: trópico de Cáncer m
- Swedish: Kräftans vändkrets c
- Telugu: కర్కటరేఖ (karkaṭarēkha)
- Thai: ทรอปิกออฟแคนเซอร์ (trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛɛn-sə̂ə)
- Turkish: Yengeç dönencesi (tr), yengeç dönencesi
- Ukrainian: тро́пік Ра́ка m (trópik Ráka), півні́чний тропік m (pivníčnyj tropik)
- Vietnamese: chí tuyến Bắc
- Welsh: Trofan Cancr m
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