Meanings
proper noun
alternative Erevan · alternative Erewan · alternative Erivan
- The capital and largest city of Armenia.
Before long Abbas Mirza suffered a succession of defeats, which culminated in the capture of Erivan, today capital of Armenia.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 991 more example
Crammed to the gills with history, it nestles in the shadow of Mount Ararat and has a medieval centre but it's Yerevan's religious heritage that is its main claim to fame.
2009 September 26, Geoff Garvey, The Guardian - metonymicallyThe Armenian government.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- ArmenianԵրեւան
- ArmenianԵրեւան
- EnglishYerevan
Borrowed from Armenian Երեւան (Erewan).
More words from Armenian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Jerewan
- Jerewanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Arabic يِرِيفَان
- يِرِيفَان (yirīfān)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Bengali ইয়েরেভান
- ইয়েরেভান (iẏerebhan)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Bulgarian Ерева́н
- Ерева́н (Ereván)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Catalan Erevan
- Erevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Chinese Mandarin 埃里溫 /埃里温, 葉里溫 /叶里温
- 埃里溫 /埃里温 (Āilǐwēn)the capital and largest city of Armenia
- 葉里溫 /叶里温 (Yèlǐwēn)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Czech Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Danish Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Dutch Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Esperanto Erevano
- Erevanothe capital and largest city of Armenia
Estonian Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Finnish Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
French Erevan
- Erevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
German Eriwan
- Eriwanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Greek Γιερεβάν
- Γιερεβάν (Giereván)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Hebrew ירוואן \ יֶרֶוָן
- ירוואן \ יֶרֶוָן (yerevan)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Hindi येरवान, येरेवान
- येरवान (yervān)the capital and largest city of Armenia
- येरेवान (yerevān)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Hungarian Jereván
- Jerevánthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Icelandic Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Indonesian Yerevan
- Yerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Irish Eireaván
- Eireavánthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Italian Yerevan
- Yerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Japanese エレバン
- エレバン (Ereban)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Korean 예레반
- 예레반 (Yereban)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Latin Erevanum, Erivānum
- Erevanumthe capital and largest city of Armenia
- Erivānumthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Latvian Erevāna
- Erevānathe capital and largest city of Armenia
Lithuanian Jerevanas
- Jerevanasthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Malay Yerevan
- Yerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Norwegian Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Persian ایروان, یروان
- ایروان (iravân)the capital and largest city of Armenia
- یروان (yerevân)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Polish Erywań
- Erywańthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Portuguese Erevã, Erevan
- Erevãthe capital and largest city of Armenia
- Erevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Romanian Erevan
- Erevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Russian Ерева́н
- Ерева́н (Jereván)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Slovak Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Spanish Ereván
- Erevánthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Swahili Yerevan
- Yerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Swedish Jerevan
- Jerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Thai เยเรวาน
- เยเรวาน (yee-ree-waan)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Turkish Erivan, Revan
- Erivanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
- Revanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Ukrainian Єрева́н
- Єрева́н (Jereván)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Urdu یریوان
- یریوان (yerevān)the capital and largest city of Armenia
Vietnamese Ê-rê-van
- Ê-rê-vanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Welsh Yerevan
- Yerevanthe capital and largest city of Armenia
Yiddish יערעוואַן
- יערעוואַן (yerevan)the capital and largest city of Armenia
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APA
Yerevan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yerevan
MLA
“Yerevan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yerevan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yerevan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yerevan.
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