English Explanatory Dictionary

Fertile Crescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/ /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fertile Crescent.wav

Word forms

Fertile Crescent the Fertile Crescent

Etymology

Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted.

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