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• Armenian
  Armenian

  adjective

  of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, or their language.
• armenian
  armenian

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere

Armenian

American  

[ahr-mee-nee-uhn, -meen-yuhn] / ɑrˈmi ni ən, -ˈmin jən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, or their language.

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noun

• Armenians
  plural

1. a native of Armenia.

2. the language of the Armenians, an Indo-European language written in a distinctive script dating from the 5th century. Arm

armenian British  

/ ɑːˈmiːnɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere

2. the language of the Armenians: an Indo-European language probably belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch, but containing many non-Indo-European elements

3. an adherent of the Armenian Church or its doctrines

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adjective

1. of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, their language, or the Armenian Church

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• anti-Armenian
  adjective
• pro-Armenian
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Armenians
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Armenian

First recorded in 1710–20; Armeni(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Armenian Armenians

The Catholic service, conducted in Armenian, was open-casket, allowing mourners a final chance to say goodbye as they filed by the altar at the conclusion of the ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Grigoryan met Voskanyan more than eight years ago through the Armenian community and said his friend had a unique mind and was always a source of fascinating conversation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

"They have used it in the regional and local German elections, in the Hungarian elections, in the Armenian elections."

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Born in Bulgaria to Armenian parents who survived the genocide, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1961 and studied at Columbia University, earning advanced degrees in nuclear engineering and nuclear physics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

They entered a huge iron door that led into the Armenian sector of the Old City and wandered the curling streets as if they were in a maze.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

But the campaign has not been without confrontation - notably between Pashinyan and displaced Karabakh Armenians.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

“This progress is the result of an extraordinary collective effort by Armenians and non-Armenians here in California, across the United States and around the world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

The directive designates Turks as the “original” people of modern-day Turkey, which has been inhabited by successions of people throughout history—including Hurrians, Greeks, Armenians, Persians and Kurds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

For Armenians, it was a devastating loss — of land, security, trust and cultural heritage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

Would she believe that Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians, and Hungarians had all coexisted peacefully in Lwów before the war?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys