How to pronounce tropical
American English pronunciation
TROP-ih-kul
- IPA
- /ˈtɹɑpɪkəl/
- Syllables
- TROP · ih · kul (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tropical means
From the hot, wet part of the world near the equator
In a sentence: Bright parrots live in tropical rain forests.
Where it comes from: It comes from tropic, the name for the two lines on a map that mark the edges of the hot zone around the middle of the Earth.
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