Armenian

[ ahr-mee-nee-uhn, -meen-yuhn ]

/ ɑrˈmi ni ən, -ˈmin yən /

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adjective

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

noun

a native of Armenia.

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

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Origin of Armenian

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Armenian

an·ti-Ar·me·ni·an, adjective, nounpro-Ar·me·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Armenian

armed response vehicle, armed robbery, armed to the teeth, Armen., Armenia, Armenian, Armenian Church, Armenian massacres, Armentières, armeria, armes parlantes

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How to use Armenian in a sentence

He was the oldest child of a modest Armenian family which put him in the minority in a polyglot region that was dominated by Shia Muslims.
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She has spoken in the past about the Armenian genocide of 1915, which Turkey officially denies took place and is a third rail in Turkish politics and culture.
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My Armenian parents had immigrated there from Beirut, Lebanon, in the 1970s.
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For an Armenian like me, encountering Turkishness—the language, the idea, the people—is fraught.
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I had not realized until that moment that our Armenian dialect contained Turkish phrases.
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He mistrusted the “shish-kebab temperament” of the conductor, the Armenian Alexander Melik-Pashayev.
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The Kardashian clan helms from Karakale, a village situated in Eastern Turkey close to the Armenian border.
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“I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays,” said Kim.
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Last September, Putin paid a visit to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, three months before the Vilnius Summit.
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Soon after Putin invited Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in the Kremlin for a long one-on-one meeting.
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But not every day does it happen that one of the leaders of finance brings to Paris an Armenian slave as his wife.
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He understands I have desire to bear away an Armenian maid belonging to Beybars, the chief steward.
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A casually minded Government took no notice of the little incident, which after all only concerned an Armenian underling.
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Naturally, a wound on the heel was drawn open by this act, and the Armenian saw the arrowhead in the flesh.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
One of the gorges of the Chokh range was the scene of a strange episode during the Armenian massacres of 1896.
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British Dictionary definitions for Armenian

Armenian

/ (ɑːˈmiːnɪən) /

noun

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

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

an adherent of the Armenian Church or its doctrines

adjective

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

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