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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Armenia or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Armenia.
  • noun A person of Armenian ancestry.
  • noun The Indo-European language of the Armenians.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to Armenia, a former kingdom of Asia lying between the Black and Caspian seas, northeast of Asia Minor, now included in Turkey, Persia, and Asiatic Russia, or to its inhabitants.
  • noun A native of Armenia.
  • noun Eccles., an adherent of the Armenian Church.
  • noun The Armenian language.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.
  • noun (Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Armenia.
  • adjective a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc.
  • adjective Emery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.
  • noun A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.
  • proper noun The language of Armenia and the Armenian people, whose older stages are Old Armenian and Middle Armenian.
  • proper noun A branch of Indo-European languages, which includes the various stages of the Armenian language.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of Armenia
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Armenia
  • noun the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan
  • noun a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written

Etymologies

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From Armenia +‎ -an.

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