English
Etymology
The Sun was in the constellation Cancer at the June solstice when it was named.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Tropic of Cancer
- (geography) 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.
- Synonym: Northern Tropic
- Coordinate term: Tropic of Capricorn
Usage notes
The position is not fixed, but constantly changes because of axial precession in the Earth's longitudinal alignment (precession of the equinoxes).
Translations
the parallel north of the equator marking the boundary of the tropics
- Afrikaans: Kreefskeerkring
- Albanian: Tropiku i Kancerit
- Arabic: مَدَار السَّرَطَان m (madār as-saraṭān)
- Armenian: հյուսիսային արևադարձ (hyusisayin arewadarj)
- Basque: Kantzer tropikoa
- Belarusian: тропік Рака m (trópik Raka), паўночны тропік m (pawnóčny trópik)
- Bulgarian: Тропик на Рака m (Tropik na Raka)
- Burmese: မြောက်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း (mrauk-yanycwan:tan:)
- Catalan: tròpic de Càncer m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 北回歸線 / 北回归线 (zh) (Běihuíguīxiàn)
- Czech: obratník Raka m
- Danish: Krebsens vendekreds c
- Dutch: Kreeftskeerkring (nl) m
- Esperanto: Tropiko de Kankro
- Estonian: Vähi pöörijoon
- Finnish: Kravun kääntöpiiri (fi)
- French: tropique du Cancer (fr) m
- Galician: Trópico de Cáncer m
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ტროპიკი (črdiloeti ṭroṗiḳi), კირჩხიბის ტროპიკი (ḳirčxibis ṭroṗiḳi)
- German: nördlicher Wendekreis m
- Greek: Τροπικός του Καρκίνου m (Tropikós tou Karkínou)
- Gujarati: કર્કવૃત્ત (karkavŕtt)
- Hebrew: חוג הסרטן (he) m (khúg hasartán)
- Hindi: कर्क रेखा f (kark rekhā)
- Hungarian: Ráktérítő (hu)
- Ido: Tropiko di Kankro
- Indonesian: garis balik utara (id)
- Irish: Trópaic an Phortáin f
- Italian: Tropico del Cancro m
- Japanese: 北回帰線 (ja) (きたかいきせん, kita kaikisen)
- Korean: 북회귀선 (bukhoegwiseon)
- Latvian: Ziemeļu tropu loks m
- Lithuanian: Vėžio atogrąža f, Šiaurės atogrąža f
- Macedonian: северен повратник m (severen povratnik)
- Malay: Garisan Sartan
- Manx: Çhyndaa yn Phartan m
- Māori: te ara o Matariki
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Krepsens vendekrets m
- Nynorsk: Krepsen sin vendekrins m
- Persian: مدار رأسالسرطان (madâr-e ra's-os-saratân)
- Polish: zwrotnik Raka (pl) m
- Portuguese: Trópico de Câncer m
- Romanian: Tropicul Cancerului n
- Russian: тро́пик Ра́ка (ru) m (trópik Ráka), се́верный тро́пик m (sévernyj trópik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìoch Thuath na Grèine f, Tropaig a' Phortain f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: северни повратник m, Ракова обратница f
- Latin: severni povratnik m, Rakova obratnica f
- Slovak: Obrátnik Raka m
- Slovene: Rakov povratnik (sl) m
- Spanish: trópico de Cáncer m
- Swedish: Kräftans vändkrets c
- Tagalog: Tropiko ng Kanser
- Telugu: కర్కటరేఖ (karkaṭarēkha)
- Thai: ทรอปิกออฟแคนเซอร์ (trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛɛn-sə̂ə)
- Turkish: Yengeç dönencesi, yengeç dönencesi
- Ukrainian: тро́пік Ра́ка m (trópik Ráka), півні́чний тропік m (pivníčnyj tropik)
- Vietnamese: chí tuyến Bắc
- Welsh: Trofan Cancr m
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