Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
the Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Tropic of Cancer in Hindi
- the parallel north of the equator marking the boundary of the tropics
- कर्क रेखा kark rekhā
Tropic of Cancer in Tamil
- கடக ரேகை, கடகரேகை, கடகக்கோடு
Tropic of Cancer in Urdu
- خط سرطان
Tropic of Cancer in Bengali
- কর্কটক্রান্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- Tropic of Cancer in Telugu
- కర్కటరేఖ karkaṭarēkha
- Tropic of Cancer in Kannada
- ಕರ್ಕಾಟಕ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ವೃತ್ತ, ಕರ್ಕರೇಖೆ
- Tropic of Cancer in Gujarati
- કર્કવૃત્ત karkavŕtt
- Tropic of Cancer in Tagalog
- Tropiko ng Kanser
- Tropic of Cancer in Arabic
- مَدَار السَّرَطَان madār as-saraṭān
- Tropic of Cancer in Malay
- Garisan Sartan
- Tropic of Cancer in Indonesian
- garis balik utara
- Tropic of Cancer in Persian
- مدار رأسالسرطان madâr-e ra's-os-saratân
- Tropic of Cancer in Thai
- ทรอปิกออฟแคนเซอร์ trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛɛn-sə̂ə
- Tropic of Cancer in Vietnamese
- chí tuyến Bắc
- Tropic of Cancer in Myanmar
- မြောက်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း mrauk-yanycwan:tan:
Synonyms of Tropic of Cancer
Origin of Tropic of Cancer
The Sun was in the constellation Cancer at the June solstice when it was named.
Questions about Tropic of Cancer
- What does Tropic of Cancer mean?
- Tropic of Cancer means 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.
- What is Tropic of Cancer in Hindi?
- Tropic of Cancer in Hindi is कर्क रेखा (kark rekhā). See Tropic of Cancer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tropic of Cancer?
- Tropic of Cancer is a proper noun.
Words near Tropic of Cancer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tropic of Cancer (page history and authors); tropic of cancer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tropic of cancer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Tropic of Cancer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tropic of cancer (Kannada 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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