Armenian

[ahr-mee-nee-uhn, -meen-yuhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native of Armenia.

2. the language of the Armenians, an Indo-European language written in a distinctive script dating from the 5th century. Arm

Other Word Forms

• anti-Armenian adjective
• pro-Armenian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Armenian¹

First recorded in 1710–20; Armeni(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Their faces — curious, cautious and skeptical — mirrored a sentiment across the Armenian diaspora: hope tempered by doubt, pride shadowed by mistrust.

From Los Angeles Times

"We worked really closely with partners such as the Armenian Government, NCA, FBI, Crown Prosecution Service and Derbyshire Constabulary to bring Betro back to the UK to face justice," he said.

From BBC

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, in the 1980s and 1990s and violence has flared up in the years since.

From BBC

In a war for control of L.A.’s Armenian underworld, federal authorities say rival crews of gangsters engaged in a series of dramatic shootings and kidnappings across the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

A landscape where the next “Amerikatsi” never gets seen, where a generation of Armenian American youth never discovers their history through a movie screen.

From Los Angeles Times