Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Capricorn

English

Proper noun

Tropic of Capricorn

1. (geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the December solstice.

Related terms

• Tropic of Cancer

Translations

parallel of latitude 23°30' S

Chinese: Mandarin: 南回歸線 (zh), 南回归线 (zh) (Nánhuíguīxiàn) Dutch: Steenbokskeerkring (nl) m Estonian: Kaljukitse pöörijoon Finnish: Kauriin kääntöpiiri (fi) French: tropique du Capricorne (fr) m Galician: Trópico de Capricornio m German: südlicher Wendekreis m Hungarian: Baktérítő (hu) Irish: Trópaic an Ghabhair f

Japanese: 南回帰線 (みなみかいきせん, minami kaikisen) Manx: Çhyndaa yn Ghoayr m Maori: te ara o Rehua Polish: Zwrotnik Koziorożca m Portuguese: Trópico de Capricórnio m Romanian: Tropicul Capricornului n Russian: тро́пик Козеро́га m (trópik Kozeróga), ю́жный тро́пик m (júžnyj trópik) Telugu: మకరరేఖ (te) (makararēkha) Turkish: oğlak dönencesi, Oğlak dönencesi (tr)