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)

See also

• 肥沃な三日月地帯 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Fertile Crescent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia