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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The regions of the earth between the latitudes 23°27′ north and 23°27′ south.
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- noun Plural form of
tropic . - noun geography The region of the
Earth , centred on theequator and lying between theTropic of Cancer and theTropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hotclimate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
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Examples
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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One of the problems with living on the coast in the tropics is the terrible heat in the summer time (someone mentioned that about Mérida).
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