Etymology

Nakhichevan

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Today it means: An autonomous republic and exclave of Azerbaijan. Full definition →

xcl Նախճաւան ← Russian Нахичева́нь
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromНахичева́нь
  2. xcl · derived fromՆախճաւան
  3. English todayNakhichevan

Ultimately from Old Armenian Նախճաւան (Naxčawan). The immediate source of the spelling Nakhichevan is Russian Нахичева́нь (Naxičevánʹ).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.