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Red Crescent

Red Crescent proper noun: a branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries.

Image: Hilal Ahmar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

the Red Crescent

A branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries.
The symbol of this branch.

Red Crescent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

Red Crescent in Hindi

branch of the Red Cross: रेड क्रेसेन्ट reḍ kresenṭ

Red Crescent in Tamil

செவ்விளம்பிறை

Red Crescent in Bengali

branch of the Red Cross: রেড ক্রিসেন্ট reḍ krisenṭ

Red Crescent in Tagalog

branch of the Red Cross: Gasuklay na Pula

More languagesFewer languages

Red Crescent in Arabic: اَلْهِلَال اَلْأَحْمَر al-hilāl al-ʔaḥmar
Red Crescent in Malay: Bulan Sabit Merah
Red Crescent in Indonesian: Bulan Sabit Merah
Red Crescent in Persian: هلال احمر helâl-e ahmar
Red Crescent in Thai: เสี้ยววงเดือนแดง sîao-wong-dʉʉan-dɛɛng
Red Crescent in Vietnamese: Trăng lưỡi liềm đỏ

Questions about Red Crescent

What does Red Crescent mean?: Red Crescent means a branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries.
What is Red Crescent in Hindi?: Red Crescent in Hindi is रेड क्रेसेन्ट (reḍ kresenṭ). See Red Crescent meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Red Crescent?: Red Crescent is a proper noun.

Words near Red Crescent in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: Red Crescent (page history and authors); red crescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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