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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.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to Armenia.
  • adjective a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc.
  • adjective Emery.
  • 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.

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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