English-Swedish translations for crescent

halvmåneenRöda halvmånen och Röda korset tillåts inte ge någon form av hjälp.The Red Crescent and the Red Cross are being prohibited from providing any assistance whatsoever. Vill landet vara ett hangarfartyg för USA och deras allierade i regionen, eller förposten till en så kallad shiamuslimsk halvmåne?Does it want to be an aircraft carrier of the United States and their allies in the region, or the advanced post of a so-called Shi'ite crescent? För om det som Ephremidis sade skulle stämma, då skulle den osmanska halvmånen vaja över Akropolis än i dag.If what Mr Ephremedis has said were true, then today the Ottoman Crescent would still be fluttering over the Acropolis.
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The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points
A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates
Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services
The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants
marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon
Shaped like a crescent
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent
To adorn with crescents

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