republic of armenia

1. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia;
   Formerly an Asian soviet;
   Modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations;
   Throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors (synset 109039896)
   domain member region: 3rd october organization, armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia, asala, orly group - a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
   is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
   member holonym: armenian - a native or inhabitant of Armenia
   belongs to: cis, commonwealth of independent states - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
   has:

   • armenian apostolic orthodox church, armenian church - an independent Christian church established in Armenia since 300; was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions
   • capital of armenia, erivan, jerevan, yerevan - capital of Armenia
   • aras, araxes - a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes
   is a part of: transcaucasia - a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan
   same as: armenia, hayastan

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