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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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دائرة المنقلب الصيفي (أو الشتوي) ‘summer or winter tropic’

Arabic

References: Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 38(2), 40(e), 41, 123, 124
Modern translations:
English: summer (or winter) tropic [Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]