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Etymology
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From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).
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equator (plural equators)
- (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns[1]:Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.
- (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
- The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
- Slice the onion through the equator.
- The celestial equator.
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circle around the earth
- Afrikaans: ewenaar
- Albanian: ekuator m
- Amharic: መሬት ሰቅ (märet säḳ)
- Arabic: خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَاء m (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔ)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܣܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܕܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ
- Armenian: հասարակած (hy) (hasarakac)
- Assamese: বিষুৱ ৰেখা (bixu rekha)
- Azerbaijani: ekvator
- Banyumasan: khatulistiwa, katulistiwa
- Basque: ekuatore
- Belarusian: эква́тар m (ekvátar)
- Bengali: নিরক্ষরেখা (bn) (nirokkhorekha)
- Breton: keheder (br) m
- Bulgarian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
- Burmese: အီကွေတာ (my) (i-kweta)
- Catalan: equador (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 赤道 (zh) (chìdào)
- Czech: rovník (cs) m
- Danish: ækvator (da) c
- Dutch: evenaar (nl) m, equator (nl) m
- Esperanto: ekvatoro
- Estonian: ekvaator (et)
- Farefare: tɩŋasʋkabeene, tẽŋasʋkabeene
- Faroese: miðkringur m
- Finnish: päiväntasaaja (fi)
- French: équateur (fr) m
- Galician: ecuador (gl) m
- Georgian: ეკვატორი (eḳvaṭori)
- German: Äquator (de) m, Linie (de) f
- Greek: ισημερινός (el) m (isimerinós)
- Gujarati: વિષુવવૃત્ત (viṣuvvŕtt)
- Hebrew: קַו הַמַשׁוֶה (he) m (kav-hamashveh)
- Hindi: भूमध्य रेखा f (bhūmadhya rekhā)
- Hungarian: Egyenlítő (hu)
- Icelandic: miðbaugur (is) m
- Indonesian: khatulistiwa (id), ekuator (id)
- Irish: méanchiorcal m
- Italian: equatore (it) m
- Japanese: 赤道 (ja) (せきどう, sekidō)
- Javanese: ꦏꦠꦸꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦮ (katulistiwa)
- Kannada: ವಿಷುವದ್ರೇಖೆ (kn) (viṣuvadrēkhe)
- Kazakh: экватор (ékvator)
- Khmer: ភូមធ្យរេខា (phuumĕəʼthyĕəʼreikhaa), អេក្វាទ័រ (km) (ʼeekvaatɔə)
- Korean: 적도(赤道) (ko) (jeokdo)
- Kyrgyz: экватор (ky) (ekvator)
- Lao: ສູນສູດ (sūn sūt), ເສັ້ນສູນສູດ (lo) (sen sūn sūt)
- Latvian: ekvators m
- Lithuanian: pusiaujas m
- Luxembourgish: Equator
- Macedonian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
- Malay: khatulistiwa (ms)
- Malayalam: ഭൂമദ്ധ്യരേഖ (bhūmaddhyarēkha)
- Maori: te ara nui o te Rā, te ara nui o Tama-te-Rā
- Marathi: विषुववृत्त (viṣuvvŕtta)
- Mongolian: экватор (mn) (ekvator)
- Navajo: nahasdzáán ałníiʼgi hoodzooígíí
- Nepali: भूमध्य रेखा (bhūmadhya rekhā)
- Norman: lîngne f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ekvator (no) m
- Nynorsk: ekvator m
- Persian: خط استوا (fa) (xatt-e estevâ), استوا (fa) (estevâ)
- Polish: równik (pl) m
- Portuguese: equador (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਰੇਖਾ (bhū-maddha rekhā)
- Quechua: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: ecuator (ro) n
- Russian: эква́тор (ru) m (ekvátor)
- Sanskrit: भूमध्यरेखा f (bhūmadhyarekhā)
- Scottish Gaelic: crios meadhan an t-saoghail m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: екватор m, полутар m
- Roman: ekvator (sh) m, polutar m
- Shona: muenzanisi
- Slovak: rovník m
- Slovene: ekvator (sl) m
- Somali: dhulbare
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: ekwator m
- Upper Sorbian: ekwator m
- Spanish: ecuador (es) m
- Swahili: ikweta
- Swedish: ekvator (sv) c
- Tagalog: gitguhit, ekwador
- Tajik: хати истиво (xati istivo), экватор (tg) (ekvator)
- Tamil: நிலநடுக் கோடு (nilanaṭuk kōṭu)
- Tatar: экватор (ekwator)
- Telugu: భూమధ్య రేఖ (bhūmadhya rēkha)
- Thai: เส้นศูนย์สูตร (th) (sên-sǔun-sùut)
- Turkish: Ekvator (tr), ekvator (tr)
- Turkmen: ekwator
- Ukrainian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
- Uyghur: ئېكۋاتور (ëkwator)
- Uzbek: ekvator (uz)
- Vietnamese: xích đạo (vi) (赤道)
- Volapük: kveator (vo)
- Welsh: cyhydedd (cy) m
- West Frisian: evener (fy) c
- Yiddish: עקוואַטאָר m (ekvator)
- Zazaki: ekvator
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