Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
the Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Tropic of Capricorn in Hindi
- the parallel south of the equator, marking the boundary of the tropics
- मकर रेखा makar rekhā
Tropic of Capricorn in Tamil
- மகர ரேகை, மகரரேகை, மகரக்கோடு
Tropic of Capricorn in Urdu
- خط جدی
Tropic of Capricorn in Bengali
- মকরক্রান্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- Tropic of Capricorn in Telugu
- మకరరేఖ makararēkha
- Tropic of Capricorn in Kannada
- ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ವೃತ್ತ, ಮಕರರೇಖೆ
- Tropic of Capricorn in Tagalog
- Tropiko ng Kaprikorniyo
- Tropic of Capricorn in Arabic
- مَدَار الْجَدْي madār al-jady
- Tropic of Capricorn in Malay
- Garisan Jadi
- Tropic of Capricorn in Indonesian
- garis balik selatan
- Tropic of Capricorn in Persian
- مدار رأسالجدی madâr-e ra's-ol-jady
- Tropic of Capricorn in Thai
- ทรอปิกออฟแคปริคอร์น trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛ̂ɛp-rík-ɔɔrn
- Tropic of Capricorn in Vietnamese
- chí tuyến Nam
- Tropic of Capricorn in Myanmar
- တောင်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း taung-yanycwan:tan:
Synonyms of Tropic of Capricorn
Origin of Tropic of Capricorn
The Sun was in the constellation Capricorn at the December solstice when it was named.
Questions about Tropic of Capricorn
- What does Tropic of Capricorn mean?
- Tropic of Capricorn means 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.
- What is Tropic of Capricorn in Hindi?
- Tropic of Capricorn in Hindi is मकर रेखा (makar rekhā). See Tropic of Capricorn meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tropic of Capricorn?
- Tropic of Capricorn is a proper noun.
Words near Tropic of Capricorn in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tropic of Capricorn (page history and authors); tropic of capricorn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tropic of capricorn (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Tropic of Capricorn (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tropic of capricorn (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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