English
Etymology
The Sun was in the constellation Capricorn at the December solstice when it was named.
Proper noun
the Tropic of Capricorn
- (geography) The parallel of latitude 23°26′south of the equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the December solstice.
- Synonym: Southern Tropic
- Coordinate term: Tropic of Cancer
Translations
the parallel south of the equator, marking the boundary of the tropics
- Afrikaans: Steenbokskeerkring
- Albanian: Tropiku i Bricjapit
- Arabic: مَدَار الْجَدْي m (madār al-jady)
- Armenian: հարավային արևադարձ (haravayin arewadarj)
- Basque: Kaprikornio tropikoa
- Belarusian: тропік Казярога m (trópik Kazjaróha), паўднёвы тропік m (paŭdnjóvy trópik)
- Bulgarian: Тропик на Козирога m (Tropik na Koziroga)
- Burmese: တောင်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း (taung-yanycwan:tan:)
- Catalan: tròpic de Capricorn m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 南回歸線 / 南回归线 (zh) (Nánhuíguīxiàn)
- Czech: obratník Kozoroha m
- Danish: Stenbukkens vendekreds c
- Dutch: Steenbokskeerkring (nl) m
- Esperanto: Tropiko de Kaprikorno
- Estonian: Kaljukitse pöörijoon
- Finnish: Kauriin kääntöpiiri (fi)
- French: tropique du Capricorne (fr) m
- Galician: Trópico de Capricornio m
- Georgian: სამხრეთი ტროპიკი (samxreti ṭroṗiḳi), თხის რქის ტროპიკი (txis rkis ṭroṗiḳi)
- German: südlicher Wendekreis m
- Greek: Τροπικός του Αιγόκερω m (Tropikós tou Aigókero)
- Hebrew: חוג הגדי (he) m (khúg ha'gdí)
- Hindi: मकर रेखा (makar rekhā)
- Hungarian: Baktérítő (hu)
- Ido: Tropiko di Kaprikorno
- Indonesian: garis balik selatan (id)
- Irish: Trópaic an Ghabhair f
- Italian: Tropico del Capricorno m
- Japanese: 南回帰線 (ja) (みなみかいきせん, minami kaikisen)
- Kazakh: Оңтүстік тропик (Oñtüstık tropik)
- Korean: 남회귀선(南回歸線) (ko) (namhoegwiseon)
- Latvian: Dienvidu tropu loks m
- Lithuanian: Ožiaragio atogrąža f, Pietų atogrąža f
- Macedonian: јужен повратник m (južen povratnik)
- Malay: Garisan Jadi
- Manx: Çhyndaa yn Ghoayr m
- Maori: te ara o Rehua
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Stenbukkens vendekrets m
- Nynorsk: Steinbukken sin vendekrins m
- Persian: مدار رأسالجدی (madâr-e ra's-ol-jady)
- Polish: zwrotnik Koziorożca (pl) m
- Portuguese: Trópico de Capricórnio m
- Romanian: Tropicul Capricornului n
- Russian: тро́пик Козеро́га m (trópik Kozeróga), ю́жный тро́пик m (júžnyj trópik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìoch Dheas na Grèine f, Tropaig a' Ghobhair f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јужни повратник m, Јарчева обратница f
- Roman: južni povratnik m, Jarčeva obratnica f
- Slovak: Obratník Kozorožca m
- Slovene: Kozorogov povratnik (sl) m
- Spanish: trópico de Capricornio m
- Swedish: Stenbockens vändkrets c
- Telugu: మకరరేఖ (te) (makararēkha)
- Thai: ทรอปิกออฟแคปริคอร์น (trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛ̂ɛp-rík-ɔɔrn)
- Turkish: Oğlak dönencesi (tr)
- Ukrainian: тро́пік Козоро́га m (trópik Kozoróha), півде́нний тро́пік m (pivdénnyj trópik)
- Vietnamese: chí tuyến Nam (誌線南)
- Welsh: Trofan yr Afr m
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