Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fertile crescent

/ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: fer-tile cres-cent
IPA: /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Example Sentences

"This great semicircle, for lack of a name, may be called the fertile crescent."
"The Fertile Crescent has always been in close touch with the other parts of the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt."

Etymology

Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/
British English: /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/

Inflected Forms

the Fertile Crescent (canonical)

Questions

How do you pronounce fertile crescent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/.
What does fertile crescent mean?: 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.
Where does fertile crescent come from?: Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted.

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