Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one of the five major circles of latitude:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of the five major circles of latitude:

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Cape Dezhnev is 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

    ruМыс Дежнёва находится в тридцати милях южнее Северного полярного круга. — marafon

    deKap Deschnjow liegt fünfzig Kilometer südlich des Nordpolarkreises. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. They continued northwards until they reached the Arctic Circle.

  3. Twenty thousand years ago, humans lived in grassy tundras near the Arctic Circle.

    deVor 20 000 Jahren lebten die Menschen in grasiger Tundra in der Nähe des Polarkreises. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Meaning

1 senses
  1. The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.

    Nördlicher Polarkreis

    се́верный поля́рный кругsévernyj poljárnyj krug

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