Crescent is a common adjective used to indicate a street or terrace of houses forming an arc.
What is the most appropriate way to call or describe this kind of road in Italian?
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1I believe that, since such a street is not typical of Italian cities, there is not a specific name for it, just like there is not an original English word for pizza, but I may well be wrong.– DaGApr 23, 2015 at 10:08
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That may well be the case, nonetheless there must be an appropriate Italian word or phrase to refer to a crescent road.– user519Apr 23, 2015 at 10:14
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I hope there is such a term or phrase, but my personal hunch is that there is no much better than a periphrasis explaining what we are talking about (like the one you used, or the “fila di case disposte etc.” in one of the answers).– DaGApr 23, 2015 at 14:06
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According to this source,
Strada a mezzaluna
I've never heard of it. It's not a common expression at all, although these streets exist.
Another possibility is a locuzione with "arco" or "semicerchio":
La strada fa/disegna un arco
If it is bent like a horseshoe:
Ferro di cavallo
In particular, a "hairpin" on a mountain road:
Tornante
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Interesting post, though ferro di cavallo is probably too much for a crescent :)– user519Apr 23, 2015 at 10:52
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1@Josh61 Since the topic was somewhat limited (and I am waiting for lunchtime), I took the liberty of expanding it :) Apr 23, 2015 at 10:56
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A Google search for
"strada a mezzaluna"gives me just a few hits, including this question and a couple of quotations from Italian translations of English texts.– egreg ♦Apr 24, 2015 at 13:33
There's a street near to my home, this one: 
and we call it "Virgolone", which means "big comma", but I don't know if it's a local name or it's used for this kind of street...
