I. (ˈ)är|mēnēən, -ȧ|m-, -nyən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Armenia (from Latin, from Greek) ancient country in western Asia, now divided among Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Turkey, & Iran + English -an
: of or relating to Armenia, Armenians, or the language of Armenians
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
1. : a member of a people dwelling chiefly in Armenia but also dispersed throughout the Middle East and emigrated to the New World
2. : the Indo-European language of the Armenians — see indo-european languages table
3. usually capitalized : a member of the Armenian Church which was established about A.D. 302 by St. Gregory the Illuminator as the earliest national Christian church and which professes a modified Monophysitism but otherwise agrees doctrinally with the Eastern Orthodox Church