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Gyumri

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[gyoom-ree, gyoom-ree] / ˈgjʊm ri, gjʊmˈri /

noun

  1. a city in NW Armenia.


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He was 5 years old when he arrived in the U.S. after the 1988 earthquake in Armenia killed at least 25,000 people and devastated Gyumri, his family’s home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

As well as visiting the Tsitsernakaberd memorial, the pope is scheduled to hold an open-air mass in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, and visit the Khor Virap monastery near the closed border with Turkey.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2016

“Everyone is looking forward to and preparing for his visit,” said Roza Karapetyan, a resident of northwestern Gyumri where Francis will celebrate the only Catholic Mass of his trip.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2016

Saturday found the entire group, including North West, Mr. and Mrs. West’s toddler daughter, in Gyumri, a small, dilapidated town outside the capital, where Robert Kardashian’s ancestors were believed to have lived, E!

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2015

Under the terms of Armenian independence in 1991, Russia retains a military base at Gyumri.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2014

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