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Fertile_Crescent

Fertile Crescent

English

The extent of the Fertile Crescent.

Proper noun

Fertile Crescent

(Ancient History) A crescent-shaped strip of fertile land stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey and down the Syrian and Israeli coasts.

Translations

Crescent-shaped arc of fertile land

Arabic: الهلال الخصيب m
Armenian: Բարեբեր կիսալուսին ‎(Bareber kisalusin)
Azeri: Bərəkətli Hilal
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新月沃土 ‎(xīnyuè wòtǔ)
Finnish: hedelmällinen puolikuu
French: Croissant fertile (fr)
German: Fruchtbarer Halbmond (de) m
Hebrew: הסהר הפורה

Japanese: 肥沃な三日月地帯 ‎(hiyoku na mikazuki chitai)
Korean: 비옥한 초승달 지대 ‎(biokhan choseungdal jidae)
Persian: هلال حاصلخیز ‎(helâl-e-hâselxiz)
Polish: Żyzny Półksiężyc (pl) m
Portuguese: Crescente Fértil f
Russian: (rare) плодородный полуме́сяц ‎(plodorodnyj polumésjac)
Spanish: Creciente fértil
Turkish: Bereketli Hilal