Meanings
- A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Republic of Armenia. Capital: Yerevan.
Trump’s authority has stretched internationally, so far unsuccessfully, to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while claiming success in stopping conflicts between India and Pakistan and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
2025 September 8, Harlan Ullman, “Will America survive another 250 years?”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025 - historicalAncient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.
In the Caucasian republics, 100,000 Azerbaijanis, 30,000 Georgians, and tens of thousands of Armenians were imprisoned, tortured, or killed under Stalin, with Armenia's prisons so full at some points that basements of government buildings were converted into makeshift jails.
1992, Richard Nixon, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57 - A town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
- Places in the Philippines:
- A barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines.
- A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.
- The capital city of Quindío department, Colombia.
Origin
- Old Persian𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā)
- LatinArmenia
- EnglishArmenia
Learned borrowing from Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ (hay) for the native name. Attested in English since late 14th century.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Armenië
- Armeniëancient kingdom and country
Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία
- Ἀρμενία (Armenía)ancient kingdom and country
Arabic أَرْمِينِيَا
- أَرْمِينِيَا (ʔarmīniyā)ancient kingdom and country
Basque Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Bengali আর্মেনিয়া
- আর্মেনিয়া (armeniẏa)ancient kingdom and country
Bulgarian Арме́ния
- Арме́ния (Arménija)ancient kingdom and country
Catalan Armènia
- Armèniaancient kingdom and country
Chinese 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚
- 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚 (A-bí-nî-a)ancient kingdom and country
Chinese Cantonese 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚
- 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚 (aa³ mei⁵ nei⁴ aa³)ancient kingdom and country
Chinese Mandarin 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚
- 亞美尼亞 /亚美尼亚 (Yàměiníyà)ancient kingdom and country
Czech Arménie
- Arménieancient kingdom and country
Danish Armenien
- Armenienancient kingdom and country
Dari اَرْمَنِسْتَان
- اَرْمَنِسْتَان (armanistān)ancient kingdom and country
Dutch Armenië
- Armeniëancient kingdom and country
Esperanto Armenio, Armenujo
- Armenioancient kingdom and country
- Armenujoancient kingdom and country
Estonian Armeenia
- Armeeniaancient kingdom and country
Finnish Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
French Arménie
- Arménieancient kingdom and country
German Armenien
- Armenienancient kingdom and country
Greek Αρμενία
- Αρμενία (Armenía)ancient kingdom and country
Hebrew אַרְמֶנְיָה
- אַרְמֶנְיָה (arménya)ancient kingdom and country
Hindi आर्मीनिया, आर्मेनिया
- आर्मीनिया (ārmīniyā)ancient kingdom and country
- आर्मेनिया (ārmeniyā)ancient kingdom and country
- अर्मनिस्तान (armanistān)ancient kingdom and country
Hungarian Örményország
- Örményországancient kingdom and country
Icelandic Armenía
- Armeníaancient kingdom and country
Indonesian Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Iranian Persian اَرْمَنِسْتان
- اَرْمَنِسْتان (armanestân)ancient kingdom and country
Irish An Airméin
- An Airméinancient kingdom and country
Italian Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Japanese アルメニア
- アルメニア (Arumenia)ancient kingdom and country
Korean 아르메니아, 아르메니야
- 아르메니아 (Areumenia)ancient kingdom and country
- 아르메니야 (Areumeniya)ancient kingdom and country
Latin Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Latvian Armēnija
- Armēnijaancient kingdom and country
Lithuanian Armėnija
- Armėnijaancient kingdom and country
Malay Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Māori Āmenia, Ararata
- Āmeniaancient kingdom and country
- Ararataancient kingdom and country
Norwegian Bokmål Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Polish Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Punjabi ਅਰਮੀਨੀਆ
- ਅਰਮੀਨੀਆ (aramīnīā)ancient kingdom and country
Romanian Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Russian Арме́ния
- Арме́ния (Arménija)ancient kingdom and country
Scottish Gaelic Airmìnia
- Airmìniaancient kingdom and country
Slovak Arménsko
- Arménskoancient kingdom and country
Spanish Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Swahili Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Swedish Armenien
- Armenienancient kingdom and country
Tagalog Armenya
- Armenyaancient kingdom and country
Tamil ஆர்மீனியா
- ஆர்மீனியா (ārmīṉiyā)ancient kingdom and country
Thai อาร์มีเนีย
- อาร์มีเนีย (aa-mii-niia)ancient kingdom and country
Turkish Ermenistan
- Ermenistanancient kingdom and country
Ukrainian Вірме́нія
- Вірме́нія (Virménija)ancient kingdom and country
Urdu آرْمینِیا, آرْمِینِیا
- آرْمینِیا (ārmeniyā)ancient kingdom and country
- آرْمِینِیا (ārmīniyā)ancient kingdom and country
- اَرْمَنِسْتان (armanistān)ancient kingdom and country
Vietnamese Ác-mê-ni-a
- Ác-mê-ni-aancient kingdom and country
Welsh Armenia
- Armeniaancient kingdom and country
Yiddish אַרמעניע
- אַרמעניע (armenye)ancient kingdom and country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Armenia
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
Armenia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenia
“Armenia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Armenia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenia.
Source: Armenia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.