Meanings
- historicalan independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia; located outside of the Armenian Highland and distinct from the Armenian Kingdom of Antiquity, it was centered in the Cilicia region northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta, in what is today southern Turkey
Synonyms: Cilician Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, Little Armenia, Lesser Armenia
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounan independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia; located outside of the Armenian Highland and distinct from the Armenian Kingdom of Antiquity, it was centered in the Cilicia region northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta, in what is today southern Turkey
Translations
Polish Ormiańskie Królestwo Cylicji
- Ormiańskie Królestwo Cylicjiprincipality
Portuguese Reino Armênio da Cilícia
- Reino Armênio da Cilíciaprincipality
Spanish Reino armenio de Cilicia
- Reino armenio de Ciliciaprincipality
Cite this entry
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20Kingdom%20of%20Cilicia
“Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20Kingdom%20of%20Cilicia. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armenian%20Kingdom%20of%20Cilicia.
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