See solstice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
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"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
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"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
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"word": "گشتن"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solstício"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "solstițiu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "solstițiul verii"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "solstițiul iernii"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "solncestojánije",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "солнцестоя́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ayanānta",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अयनान्त"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suncostaj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "су̏нцоста̄ј"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slnovrat"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sónčev obràt"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solstícij"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solsticio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "the longest day",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "sommarsolstånd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "the shortest day",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "vintersolstånd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "solstånd"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "solstisyo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mayan",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "มายัน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "nyi ma log yag",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "soncestojánnja",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сонцестоя́ння"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"word": "điểm chí"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heuldro"
}
],
"word": "solstice"
}
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