a republic in NW Asia: originally part of the historic Armenian kingdom; acquired by Russia in 1828; became the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936; gained independence in 1991. It is mountainous, rising over 4000 m (13 000 ft). Language: Armenian. Religion: Christian (Armenian Apostolic) majority. Currency: dram. Capital: Yerevan. Pop: 2 930 450 (2017 est). Area: 29 800 sq km (11 490 sq miles)
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a former kingdom in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, south of Georgia
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a town in central Colombia: centre of a coffee-growing district. Pop: 349 000 (2005 est)
Armenia in American English
(ɑrˈminjə; ɑrˈminiə; for 4, ɑrˈmeɪniə; ˈɑrˈmeɪnjə)
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region & former kingdom of W Asia, south of the Caucasus Mts.: now divided between Turkey, Iran, and present-day Armenia
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Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
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country in W Asia: became independent upon the breakup of the U.S.S.R. (1991): 11,490 sq mi (29,759 sq km); pop. 3,305,000; cap. Yerevan