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summer solstice

summer solstice noun: the point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted toward the Sun.

Noun

summer solstice (usually uncountable, plural summer solstices)

  1. (usually) The point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted toward the Sun.
    Synonyms:
    summer sunstead

Proper noun capitalized: Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

  1. A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat
    Synonyms:
    Midsummer, Litha

summer solstice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Thai

summer solstice in Hindi

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun
उत्तरायण uttarāyaṇ

summer solstice in Tamil

கோடைச்சூரியகணநிலைநேரம், கோடைத் திருப்புநிலை

summer solstice in Arabic

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun
الإنقِلَاب الصّيفِيّ

summer solstice in Thai

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun
ครีษมายัน khritsamayan
More languagesFewer languages
summer solstice in Vietnamese
hạ chí
summer solstice in Myanmar
နွေယဉ်စွန်းချိန် nweyanycwan:hkyin

Synonyms of summer solstice

Forms of summer solstice

pluralsummer solstices

Questions about summer solstice

What does summer solstice mean?
Summer solstice means the point in Earth’s orbit at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted toward the Sun.
What is summer solstice in Hindi?
Summer solstice in Hindi is उत्तरायण (uttarāyaṇ). See Summer solstice meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is summer solstice?
Summer solstice can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of summer solstice?
The plural of summer solstice is summer solstices.

Words near summer solstice in the dictionary

  1. summer smogs
  2. summer snowflake
  3. summer snowflakes
  4. summer soldier
  5. summer soldiers
  6. summer solstice
  7. summer solstices
  8. summer soup
  9. summer soups
  10. summer squash
  11. summer squashes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: summer solstice (page history and authors); Summer Solstice (page history and authors); summer solstice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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