Illumination of Earth by Sun at the southern solstice. Etymology
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From Middle English solstice Old French solstice Latin sōlstitium
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solstice (plural solstices
One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
Synonym: sunstead Hyponyms: summer solstice winter solstice Coordinate terms: equinox lunistice 2010 The Solar Magnet [1] The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice , and the opposite point, the summer solstice .
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point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun
Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب شَمْسِيّ m ( inqilāb šamsiyy )
Armenian: արևադարձ (hy) ( arewadarj )
Belarusian: сонцастая́нне n ( soncastajánnje )
Bulgarian: слънцестое́не n ( slǎncestoéne )
Catalan: solstici (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 至日 (zh) ( zhìrì ) , 至點 ／ 至点 (zh) ( zhìdiǎn ) , 冬至 (zh) ( dōngzhì ) (winter solstice ), 夏至 (zh) ( xiàzhì ) (summer solstice )
Czech: slunovrat (cs) m
Danish: solhverv (da) n
Dutch: zonnewende (nl) f zonnestilstand (nl) m
Esperanto: solstico (eo)
Estonian: pööripäev
Finnish: päivänseisaus (fi)
French: solstice (fr) m
Georgian: ნაბუნიობა ( nabunioba ) , მზებუდობა ( mzebudoba )
German: Sonnenwende (de) f
Greek: ηλιοστάσιο (el) n ( iliostásio )
Hindi: अयनांत (hi) m ( aynānt )
Hungarian: napforduló (hu)
Icelandic: sólstöður (is) f pl sólhvörf n pl
Irish: grianstad m
Italian: solstizio (it) m
Japanese: 冬至 (ja) ( とうじ, tōji ) (winter solstice ), 夏至 (ja) ( げし, geshi ) (summer solstice )
Karachay-Balkar: къоргъазин ( qorğazin )
Korean: 지점 (ko) ( jijeom ) , 동지 (ko) ( dongji ) ( winter ) , 하지 (ko) ( haji ) ( summer )
Latin: solstitium n ( summer ) , brūma f ( winter )
Latvian: saulgrieži (lv) m pl
Lithuanian: saulėgrįža f
Macedonian: сонцестој m ( soncestoj )
Malay: solstis
Malayalam: അയനം (ml) ( ayanaṁ )
Maori: takanga o te rā hikumutu ( winter solstice ) , Ihu o Takurua ( winter ) , Ihu o Hineraumati ( summer ) , te tuakaihautanga o Tamanuiterā
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: shá niighááh shá niiltłʼah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solverv n
Nynorsk: solkverv m
Old English: sunstede m
Persian: گشتن (fa) ( gaštan ) , انقلاب (fa) ( enqelâb )
Polish: przesilenie (pl) n
Portuguese: solstício (pt) m
Romanian: solstițiu (ro) n solstițiul verii n solstițiul iernii n
Russian: солнцестоя́ние (ru) n ( solncestojánije )
Sanskrit: अयनान्त (sa) m ( ayanānta )
Serbo-Croatian: suncostaj (sh) m су̏нцоста̄ј m
Slovak: slnovrat m
Slovene: sónčev obràt m solstícij m
Spanish: solsticio (es) m
Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) (the longest day), vintersolstånd (sv) (the shortest day), solstånd (sv) n
Thai: มายัน ( mayan )
Tibetan: ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག ( nyi ma log yag )
Ukrainian: сонцестоя́ння (uk) n ( soncestojánnja )
Vietnamese: điểm chí
Welsh: heuldro m
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