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Fertile Crescent

/ˌfʌrdl ˈkrɛsnt/
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Definitions of Fertile Crescent
  1. noun
    a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
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