"winter solstice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: winter solstices [plural]
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  1. (astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun. Wikipedia link: winter solstice Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Astronomy, Calendar Synonyms: winter sunstead Related terms: December solstice, June solstice Coordinate_terms: summer solstice, autumnal equinox, vernal equinox Translations (the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun): зимно слънцестоене (zimno slǎncestoene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin) (Burmese), solstici d'hivern [masculine] (Catalan), 冬至 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 冬節 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 冬节 (tang-cheh, tang-choeh) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 冬至 (english: dung¹ zi³) (Chinese Cantonese), 冬節 (Chinese Cantonese), 冬节 (english: dung¹ zit³) (Chinese Cantonese), 冬至 (dōngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 冬節 (Chinese Mandarin), 冬节 (dōngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 南至 (nánzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), zimní slunovrat [masculine] (Czech), vintersolhverv [neuter] (Danish), talvine pööripäev (Estonian), talvipäivänseisaus (Finnish), solstice d’hiver [masculine] (French), solsticio de inverno [masculine] (Galician), ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა (zamtris nabunioba) (Georgian), ზამთრის მზებუდობა (zamtris mzebudoba) (Georgian), ზამთრის მზისდგომა (zamtris mzisdgoma) (Georgian), Wintersonnenwende [feminine] (German), χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο (cheimerinó iliostásio) [neuter] (Greek), 冬至 (tûng-chṳ) (Hakka Chinese), 冬節 (Hakka Chinese), 冬节 (tûng-chiet) (Hakka Chinese), téli napforduló (Hungarian), vetrarsólstöður [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), vetrarsólhvörf [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), grianstad an gheimhridh [masculine] (Irish), solstizio d'inverno [masculine] (Italian), 冬至 (tōji) (alt: とうじ) (Japanese), қысқы күн тоқырауы (qysqy kün toqyrauy) (Kazakh), 동지 (dongji) (alt: 冬至) (Korean), brūma [feminine] (Latin), te Ihu o Hinetakurua (Maori), haigo shá niighááh (Navajo), vintersolverv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vintersolkverv [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), انقلاب زمستانی (Persian), przesilenie zimowe [neuter] (Polish), solstício de inverno [masculine] (Portuguese), solstițiu de iarnă [neuter] (Romanian), зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние (zímneje solncestojánije) [neuter] (Russian), grian-stad geamhraidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), краткодневница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), краткодневица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kratkodnevnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kratkodnevica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය (śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya) (Sinhalese), solsticio de invierno [masculine] (Spanish), vintersolstånd [neuter] (Swedish), เหมายัน (hemayan) (Thai), зимо́ве́ сонцестоя́ння (zymóvé soncestojánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), đông chí (alt: 冬至) (Vietnamese), byrddydd gaeaf [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "hak",
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dōngzhì",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "冬至"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dōngjié",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "冬节"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nánzhì",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "word": "zimní slunovrat"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "talvine pööripäev"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "talvipäivänseisaus"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "word": "solstice d’hiver"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zamtris nabunioba",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zamtris mzebudoba",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "ზამთრის მზებუდობა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zamtris mzisdgoma",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "ზამთრის მზისდგომა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "cheimerinó iliostásio",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "word": "solstizio d'inverno"
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          "alt": "とうじ",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōji",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "冬至"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qysqy kün toqyrauy",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "қысқы күн тоқырауы"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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        {
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "te Ihu o Hinetakurua"
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "haigo shá niighááh"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "przesilenie zimowe"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "solstício de inverno"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "solstițiu de iarnă"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zímneje solncestojánije",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grian-stad geamhraidh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "краткодневница"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
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          "word": "краткодневица"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          ],
          "word": "kratkodnevnica"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          ],
          "word": "kratkodnevica"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "solsticio de invierno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vintersolstånd"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hemayan",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "เหมายัน"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zymóvé soncestojánnja",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зимо́ве́ сонцестоя́ння"
        },
        {
          "alt": "冬至",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "word": "đông chí"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "byrddydd gaeaf"
        }
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      ]
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}
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zimno slǎncestoene",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "зимно слънцестоене"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "yue",
      "english": "dung¹ zi³",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬至"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬節"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "dung¹ zit³",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬节"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "tûng-chṳ",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬至"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬節"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "tûng-chiet",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬节"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "冬至"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "冬節"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tang-cheh, tang-choeh",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "冬节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dōngzhì",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬至"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dōngjié",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nánzhì",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "南至"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zimní slunovrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vintersolhverv"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "talvine pööripäev"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "talvipäivänseisaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solstice d’hiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solsticio de inverno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zamtris nabunioba",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zamtris mzebudoba",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "ზამთრის მზებუდობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zamtris mzisdgoma",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "ზამთრის მზისდგომა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wintersonnenwende"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheimerinó iliostásio",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "téli napforduló"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vetrarsólstöður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vetrarsólhvörf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grianstad an gheimhridh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solstizio d'inverno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōji",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "冬至"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qysqy kün toqyrauy",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "қысқы күн тоқырауы"
    },
    {
      "alt": "冬至",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dongji",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "동지"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brūma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "te Ihu o Hinetakurua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "haigo shá niighááh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vintersolverv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vintersolkverv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "انقلاب زمستانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przesilenie zimowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solstício de inverno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "solstițiu de iarnă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zímneje solncestojánije",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grian-stad geamhraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "краткодневница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "краткодневица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kratkodnevnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kratkodnevica"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solsticio de invierno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vintersolstånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hemayan",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "เหมายัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zymóvé soncestojánnja",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зимо́ве́ сонцестоя́ння"
    },
    {
      "alt": "冬至",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "word": "đông chí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "byrddydd gaeaf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "winter solstice"
}

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