tropics

See also: Tropics

English

Noun

tropics

plural of tropic
(geography) The region of the Earth, centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

Synonyms

tropical zone
torrid zone

Related terms

tropical

Translations

plural form of tropic

Czech: obratníky m pl

Russian: тро́пики (ru) m pl (trópiki)

region of the Earth

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱帶 (zh), 热带 (zh) (rèdài)
Czech: tropy (cs) pl
Finnish: tropiikki (fi)
French: tropiques (fr) m pl
German: Tropen (de) pl
Irish: trópaicí f pl, teochrios m
Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai)
Maori: wāhi pārūrū, takiwā pārū
Navajo: deesdoigi

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tropene pl

Nynorsk: tropane pl
Portuguese: trópicos (pt) m pl
Romanian: tropice n pl
Russian: тро́пики (ru) m pl (trópiki)
Spanish: trópicos (es)
Tagalog: alindanga, kaaalindangaan, intanan
Vietnamese: nhiệt đới (vi)

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