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the tropics [or] the Tropics

 
pronunciation:
th tra pihks
part of speech: plural noun
definition: The tropics is what we call the region of the earth that is near the equator and has the hottest climate of all the world's regions.
The tropics is home to the earth's largest rainforests.The islands of Hawaii lie in the tropics.