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winter solstice

winter solstice noun: the point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.

Noun

winter solstice (usually uncountable, plural winter solstices)

  1. (usually) The point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.
    Synonyms:
    winter sunstead

winter solstice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sinhala

winter solstice in Hindi

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
दक्षिणायन dakṣiṇāyan

winter solstice in Tamil

மாரிச்சூரியகணநிலைநேரம், மாரித் திருப்புநிலை

winter solstice in Kannada

ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ

winter solstice in Sinhala

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya
More languagesFewer languages
winter solstice in Persian
انقلاب زمستانی
winter solstice in Thai
เหมายัน hemayan
winter solstice in Vietnamese
đông chí
winter solstice in Myanmar
ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin

Synonyms of winter solstice

Forms of winter solstice

pluralwinter solstices

Questions about winter solstice

What does winter solstice mean?
Winter solstice means the point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.
What is winter solstice in Hindi?
Winter solstice in Hindi is दक्षिणायन (dakṣiṇāyan). See Winter solstice meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is winter solstice?
Winter solstice is a noun.
What is the plural of winter solstice?
The plural of winter solstice is winter solstices.

Words near winter solstice in the dictionary

  1. winter roads
  2. winter salami
  3. winter salamis
  4. winter savories
  5. winter savory
  6. winter solstice
  7. winter solstices
  8. winter sport
  9. winter sports
  10. Winter Springs
  11. winter squash

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Adapted from Wiktionary: winter solstice (page history and authors); winter solstice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); winter solstice (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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