Fertile Crescent
Pronunciation Proper noun
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Pronunciation Proper noun
- (historical) A crescent-shaped strip of fertile land stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey and down the Syrian and Israeli coasts.
- 1988, Charles Issawi, The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914: A Documentary Economic History, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780195364217), page 3:
- 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 9780195364217), page 3:
- French: Croissant fertile
- German: Fruchtbarer Halbmond
- Portuguese: Crescente Fértil
- Russian: (rare) плодородный полуме́сяц
- Spanish: Creciente fértil
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