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Meaning of Fertile Crescent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/

Definitions

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.

historical

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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