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Meanings of solstice in anglès

rus
солнцеворот
portuguès
solistício
espanyol
solsticio
català
solstici d'hivern
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Solar event.

solstici d'hivern
Usage of solstice in anglès
1
The winter solstice is, of course, the shortest day of the year.
Wired
2
Here are five things you didn't know about the winter solstice: 1.
The South African
3
The summer solstice had passed, but their spring was yet to come.
The Guardian
4
Both, however, mark that midpoint between the December solstice and March's equinox.
The Irish Times
5
Yesterday, December 21st, you may have thought to be the winter solstice.
The Irish Times
6
Summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls around June twenty-first.
Devil Bones
7
Committed pagans celebrate the winter solstice on December 21, rather than Christmas.
The Guardian
8
The Mayan long count calendar ends in 2012, at the winter solstice.
Wired
9
At the solstice holidays, I'll be going back for a few days.
Summers at Castle Auburn
10
It was then the summer solstice, and the day was exceedingly hot.
The Book of Noodles / Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their...
11
Caesarion had been born on June twenty-third, almost exactly the summer solstice.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
12
It falls just after the solstice, when the days are perceptibly lengthening.
The Guardian
13
Many religions have placed the birth of their gods at the solstice.
Devil Bones
14
Yesterday, the hill was populated with those waiting for the solstice dawn.
The Irish Times
15
All the attention tends to be on Newgrange for the winter solstice.
The Irish Times
16
Zeus has demanded that Poseidon return the bolt by the summer solstice.
The Lightning Thief
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare