Arctic Circle

arctic circle English Alternative forms en arctic circle Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Arctic Circle.wav Southern England Proper noun Arctic Circle 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. 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonlie called, the Moralia Morals written by the Learned Philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea, London, The Opinions of the Philosophers, Book 3, Chapter 14, p. 825, PYTHAGORAS saith, that the earth is divided into five Zones proportionably to the sphaere of the universall heaven; to wit, the Artick circle, the Tropick of Summer, the Tropick of Winter, the Aequinoctiall and the Antartick. en 1715 w:Alexander Pope An Essay on the Life, Writings and Learning, of Homer The Iliad of Homer London Bernard Lintott 51 http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.001 Then he tells us that the Bear, or Stars of the Arctick Circle, never disappear; as an Observation which agrees with no other. en 1775 w:Edmund Burke The Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq; on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies London J. Dodsley 13 http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004895777.0001.000 look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the Whale Fishery. Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson’s Bay, and Davis’s Streights, whilst we are looking for them beneath the Arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the Antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. en 1957 August H. A. Vallance By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic Railway Magazine 574 Then, some five miles north of Bolna, the entry into the Arctic is heralded by a long blast on the whistle of the engine. The Arctic Circle is marked by a sign on the east side of the line. Translations one of the five major circles of latitude Arabic: ar الدَّائِرَة الْقُطْبِيَّة الشَّمَالِيَّة f Bulgarian: bg Северен полярен кръг Catalan: ca cercle polar àrtic m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 北極圈 Běijíquān Danish: da Dutch: nl noordpoolcirkel m Finnish: fi pohjoinen napapiiri French: fr cercle arctique m Georgian: ka ჩრდილოეთის პოლარული წრე, ka არქტიკული წრე German: de Nördlicher Polarkreis m Greek: el αρκτικός κύκλος m Hungarian: hu Északi-sarkkör Icelandic: is norðurheimskautsbaugur m Irish: ga Ciorcal Artach m An Ciorcal Artach Italian: it Circolo Polare Artico m Japanese: ja 北極圈 ほっきょくけん, hokkyokuken, ja 北極線 ほっきょくせん, hokkyokusen Latin: la Circulus Arcticus m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb polarsirkelen, nb den nordlige polarsirkelen Nynorsk: nn polarsirkelen, nn den nordlege polarsirkelen Portuguese: pt Círculo Ártico m, pt Círculo Polar Ártico Romanian: ro Cercul Polar de Nord n, ro Cercul Arctic n Russian: ru се́верный поля́рный круг m Spanish: es círculo polar ártico m Swedish: sv norra polcirkeln c (definite singular) Vietnamese: vi vòng Cực Bắc, vi vòng Bắc Cực Welsh: cy y Cylch Arctig m, cy Cylch y Gogledd m See also en Antarctic Circle en polar circle en Geography