winter solstice

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59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: ticʼeʼaasde dzaenn — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Southern Altai: кышкы кӱн туруш (kïškï kün turuš) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Bulgarian: зимно слънцестоене (zimno slǎncestoene) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Burmese: ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Catalan: solstici d'hivern — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 冬至 — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 冬節 /冬节 — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Hakka Chinese: 冬至 (tûng-chṳ) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Hakka Chinese: 冬節 /冬节 (tûng-chiet) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese: 冬至 (zh-min-nan) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese: 冬節 /冬节 (tang-cheh, tang-choeh) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 冬至 (dōngzhì) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 冬節 /冬节 (dōngjié) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 南至 (nánzhì) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Czech: zimní slunovrat — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Danish: vintersolhverv — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Estonian: talvine pööripäev — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• French: solstice d'hiver — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Galician: solsticio de inverno — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Georgian: ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა (zamtris nabunioba) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Georgian: ზამთრის მზებუდობა (zamtris mzebudoba) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Georgian: ზამთრის მზისდგომა (zamtris mzisdgoma) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• German: Wintersonnenwende — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Greek: χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο (cheimerinó iliostásio) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Hindi: दक्षिणायन (dakṣiṇāyan) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Hungarian: téli napforduló — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Icelandic: vetrarsólstöður — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Icelandic: vetrarsólhvörf — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Irish: grianstad an gheimhridh — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Italian: solstizio d'inverno — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Japanese: 冬至 (tōji) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Kazakh: қысқы күн тоқырауы (qysqy kün toqyrauy) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Korean: 동지 (dongji) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Latin: brūma — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Māori: te Ihu o Hinetakurua — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Navajo: haigo shá niighááh — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Norwegian Bokmål: vintersolverv — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vintersolkverv — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Persian: انقلاب زمستانی — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Polish: przesilenie zimowe — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Portuguese: solstício de inverno — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Romanian: solstițiu de iarnă — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Russian: зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние (zímneje solncestojánije) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad geamhraidh — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: краткодневница — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: краткодневица — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: kratkodnevnica — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: kratkodnevica — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Sinhalese: ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය (śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Spanish: solsticio de invierno — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Spanish: solsticio hiemal — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Spanish: solsticio invernal — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Spanish: solsticio invernizo — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Swedish: vintersolstånd — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Thai: เหมายัน (hemayan) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Ukrainian: зимо́ве́ сонцестоя́ння (zymóvé soncestojánnja) — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Vietnamese: đông chí — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
• Welsh: byrddydd gaeaf — the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun