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  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

They had more success in the less-restricted Georgian and Armenian capitals, Tbilisi and Yerevan, contacting refuseniks in both cities and developing joyful friendships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

JERUSALEM—In Jerusalem’s Old City, a group of Israeli teenagers recently banged on the door of the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church and asked if there were Christians inside it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Armenian immigrants by way of Italy, the husband-and-wife team Rafik and Kenar Ghazalian came to the U.S. to follow their sons, who’d moved to L.A., and with the hope of creating community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

The European Commission has pledged more than 50 million euros in immediate assistance, along with measures granting nearly 80 percent of Armenian exports tariff-free access to the EU's 450-million-consumer single market.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Around the Armenian Quarter barricades have been erected.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The main reason is Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave inside Azerbaijan that was home to 100,000 ethnic Armenians until Azerbaijan took it by force in 2023.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

As Christian Armenians, his family had it pretty good under the shah of Iran, Saghatelian said, and didn’t suffer that much in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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

The Tripp proposal is key to ending a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that started over Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan historically populated by Armenians.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025

So she went to Jolfa, the city within the city of Isfahan where the Armenians make cream puffs.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri