"Fertile Crescent" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fertile Crescent.wav Forms: the Fertile Crescent [canonical]
Etymology: Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q365982|nobycat=1|occ=University of Chicago archaeologist}} Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Fertile Crescent}} the Fertile Crescent
  1. (historical) A crescent-shaped strip of fertile land stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey and down the Syrian and Israeli coasts. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places Translations (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land): الهلال الخصيب [masculine] (Arabic), Բարեբեր կիսալուսին (Bareber kisalusin) (Armenian), Bərəkətli Hilal (Azerbaijani), Creixent Fèrtil [masculine] (Catalan), 新月沃土 (xīnyuè wòtǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Viljakas poolkuu (Estonian), hedelmällinen puolikuu (Finnish), Croissant fertile (French), ნოყიერი ნახევარმთვარე (noq̇ieri naxevarmtvare) (Georgian), Fruchtbarer Halbmond [masculine] (German), הסהר הפורה (Hebrew), Corrán Méith [masculine] (Irish), 肥沃な三日月地帯 (hiyoku na mikazuki chitai) (Japanese), 비옥한 초승달 지대 (biokhan choseungdal jidae) (Korean), هلال حاصلخیز (helâl-e hâselxiz) (Persian), Żyzny Półksiężyc [masculine] (Polish), Crescente Fértil [feminine] (Portuguese), плодородный полуме́сяц (plodorodnyj polumésjac) [rare] (Russian), Creciente fértil (Spanish), bördiga halvmånen [common-gender] (Swedish), Bereketli Hilal (Turkish), Cilgant Toreithiog [masculine] (Welsh)
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crescent-shaped arc of fertile land",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bördiga halvmånen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "crescent-shaped arc of fertile land",
      "word": "Bereketli Hilal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "crescent-shaped arc of fertile land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cilgant Toreithiog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fertile Crescent"
}

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