肥沃な三日月地帯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肥 沃 三 日 月 地 帯
ひ
Grade: 5 		よく
Grade: S 		み
Grade: 1 		か
Grade: 1 		つき > づき
Grade: 1 		ち
Grade: 2 		たい
Grade: 4
kan'on kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
肥沃な三日月地帶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 肥沃 (hiyoku, “fertile”) +‎ な (na) +‎ 三日月 (mikazuki, “crescent-shaped”) +‎ 地帯 (chitai, “area”).

Proper noun

肥(ひ)沃(よく)な三(み)日(か)月(づき)地(ち)帯(たい) • (Hiyoku na Mikazuki Chitai) 

  1. (historical) Fertile Crescent (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, Jordan, Israel and Palestine)

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