Fertile Crescent en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ (US)
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- /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted.
Meanings
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(historical) A crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and Cyprus.
This great semicircle, for lack of a name, may be called the fertile crescent.
1914, James Harvey Robinson, James Henry Breasted, Charles Austin Beard, Outlines of European History: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece, and Rome:The Fertile Crescent has always been in close touch with the other parts of the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt.
1988, Charles Issawi, The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914: A Documentary Economic History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
Forms
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Translations (22)
es Creciente fértil (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ru плодородный полуме́сяц (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · sv bördiga halvmånen (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ja 肥沃な三日月地帯 (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · pt Crescente Fértil (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ka ნოყიერი ნახევარმთვარე (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ar الهِلَال الخَصِيب (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · cmn 新月沃土 (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ga Corrán Méith (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ko 비옥한 초승달 지대 (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · cy Cilgant Toreithiog (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · fa هلال حاصلخیز (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · ca Creixent Fèrtil (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · et Viljakas poolkuu (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · tr Bereketli Hilal (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · de Fruchtbarer Halbmond (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · hy Բարեբեր կիսալուսին (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · pl Żyzny Półksiężyc (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · fi hedelmällinen puolikuu (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · fr Croissant fertile (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · he הסהר הפורה (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) · az Bərəkətli Hilal (crescent-shaped arc of fertile land)