"Arctic Circle" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Arctic Circle [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Arctic Circle}} the Arctic Circle
  1. The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice. Wikipedia link: Arctic Circle Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: arctic circle Related terms: Antarctic Circle, polar circle Translations (one of the five major circles of latitude): Северен полярен кръг (Severen poljaren krǎg) (Bulgarian), cercle polar àrtic [masculine] (Catalan), 北極圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 北极圈 (Běijíquān) (Chinese Mandarin), noordpoolcirkel [masculine] (Dutch), pohjoinen napapiiri (Finnish), cercle arctique [masculine] (French), ჩრდილოეთის პოლარული წრე (črdiloetis ṗolaruli c̣re) (Georgian), არქტიკული წრე (arkṭiḳuli c̣re) (Georgian), Nördlicher Polarkreis [masculine] (German), αρκτικός κύκλος (arktikós kýklos) [masculine] (Greek), Északi-sarkkör (Hungarian), norðurheimskautsbaugur [masculine] (Icelandic), An Ciorcal Artach [masculine] (Irish), Circolo Polare Artico [masculine] (Italian), 北極線 (hokkyokusen) (alt: ほっきょくせん) (Japanese), polarsirkelen (Norwegian Bokmål), den nordlige polarsirkelen (Norwegian Bokmål), polarsirkelen (Norwegian Nynorsk), den nordlege polarsirkelen (Norwegian Nynorsk), Círculo Ártico [masculine] (Portuguese), Círculo Polar Ártico (Portuguese), Cercul Polar de Nord [neuter] (Romanian), Cercul Arctic [neuter] (Romanian), се́верный поля́рный круг (sévernyj poljárnyj krug) [masculine] (Russian), círculo polar ártico [masculine] (Spanish), norra polcirkeln [common-gender, definite, singular] (Swedish), vòng Cực Bắc (Vietnamese), vòng Bắc Cực (Vietnamese), y Cylch Arctig [masculine] (Welsh), Cylch y Gogledd [masculine] (Welsh)

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