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solar calendar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun, which defines the year. Dates indicate the position of the Earth during this revolution.

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Meaning 2

a calendar based on solar cycles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: calendar

Narrower terms: Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar, Julian calendar, Old Style calendar, Revolutionary calendar

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: সৌর বর্ষপঞ্জি (sōuro borṣopoñji) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽暦 /太阳暦 — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太阳历 (tàiyánglì) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Finnish: aurinkokalenteri — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • French: calendrier solaire — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • German: Sonnenkalender — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Japanese: 太陽暦 (taiyō reki) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Japanese: 陽暦 (yōreki) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Kazakh: күн күнтізбесі (kün küntızbesı) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Korean: 양력 (yangnyeok) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Portuguese: calendário solar — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Russian: со́лнечный календа́рь (sólnečnyj kalendárʹ) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Spanish: calendario solar — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Swedish: solkalender — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Telugu: సౌరమానము (sauramānamu) — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Thai: ปฏิทินสุริยคติ — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • Vietnamese: dương lịch — a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun