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armenia

UK/ɑːˈmiːni.ə/US/ɑɹˈmi.ni.ə/
nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,260 of 15,258mostly written

Armenia is the Caucasus country of Yerevan, with Mount Ararat on its horizon. Travel to Armenia, born in Armenia, the hills of Armenia.

Ararat is the national symbol and stands across the border in Turkey, visible from the capital and unreachable from it. Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity, and its alphabet was invented for it in 405.

Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0

Definitions of armenia

  1. 1nounarmeniaThe Caucasus country of Yerevan, with Mount Ararat on its horizon.B1+

    “Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is one of the oldest cities in the world.”

armenia is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    Armenia

  2. English

    Armenia

  3. English, today

    armenia

Armenia Learned borrowing from Latin Armenia. Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (early 5th century BC), from peo 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ for the native name. Attested in English since late 14th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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