"tropics" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tropics
  1. plural of tropic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tropic
    Sense id: en-tropics-en-noun-GxTuS9Oz

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} tropics pl (plural only)
  1. (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. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: tropical zone, torrid zone Related terms: tropical Translations (region of the Earth): tròpics [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 熱帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 热带 (rèdài) (Chinese Mandarin), tropy [plural] (Czech), troperne [plural] (Danish), tropiikki (Finnish), tropiques [masculine, plural] (French), Tropen [plural] (German), trópus (Hungarian), forró égöv (Hungarian), troopikat (Ingrian), trópaicí [feminine, plural] (Irish), teochrios [masculine] (Irish), 熱帯 (nettai) (alt: ねったい) (Japanese), 열대 (yeoldae) (alt: 熱帶) (Korean), wāhi pārūrū (Maori), takiwā pārū (Maori), deesdoigi (Navajo), tropene [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), tropane [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مبدأها (mabd'hâ) (Persian), tropiki [masculine] (Polish), trópicos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), tropice [neuter, plural] (Romanian), тро́пики (trópiki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), trópicos (Spanish), tropiki (Swahili), tropikerna [plural] (Swedish), alindanga (Tagalog), kaaalindangaan (Tagalog), intanan (Tagalog), nhiệt đới (Vietnamese), trofannau [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tropics-en-noun-CdobEkAo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 29 71 Topics: geography, natural-sciences

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