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Gyumri

American  
[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

Larina was in her maths classroom in the Armenian city of Gyumri when the earthquake hit.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2021

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

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