Armenian
Americanadjective
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Armenians
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a native of Armenia.
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the language of the Armenians, an Indo-European language written in a distinctive script dating from the 5th century. Arm
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a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
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the language of the Armenians: an Indo-European language probably belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch, but containing many non-Indo-European elements
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an adherent of the Armenian Church or its doctrines
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The publication noted the incident occurred just days after the school began its immersion Western Armenian dual-language program, which local officials described as the first of its kind in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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
Father Vazgen Alekyan is an Armenian priest who has been based in Jerusalem since the late 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“It’s about our experience as being in the Armenian diaspora and exploring what that means to us,” McCreary elaborates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Liyana said, “No one I go to school with is an Arab either. Did you know they made me an honorary Armenian citizen?”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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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
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
Azerbaijanis call it Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenians call it Artsakh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
“My Armenian side wasn’t really present because they were in Lebanon and Beirut, and Armenians are scattered all over different countries because of the genocide,” he said, referring to the Armenian genocide of 1915.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
“Yeah. Armenians like it. But so do other people.”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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