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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tropics
noun: the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate [syn: {Torrid Zone}, {tropical zone}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "tropics": Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Frigid Zones, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, climate, clime, equator, furnace, hell, horse latitudes, inferno, latitude, longitude, longitude in arc, meridian, oven, parallel, prime meridian, roaring forties, steam bath, subtropics, the line, tropic, zone
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