Armenian
From the Caucasus
Armenian refers to the people, language, or culture of Armenia, a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region.
The Armenian language has its own unique alphabet, created in the 5th century.
As a noun, an Armenian is a person of Armenian descent: My grandfather was Armenian.
The Armenian Genocide of 1915 remains a defining historical trauma for the Armenian diaspora.
Pliable Armenian flatbread
- dolmaStuffed leaf parcels
- pomegranateMany-seeded red fruit
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
- carpet weavingTextile craft for floors
illuminated manuscripts · folklore · traditions · customs · hospitality · brandy · chess · backgammon
Scattered population sharing origins
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
memory · ancestry · legacy · homeland · Kardashian · community · heritage · recognition
Mountain range, Black to Caspian
- AraratSacred Armenian mountain
- YerevanArmenian capital city
- highlandsElevated, hilly land areas
- plateauFlat highland area
mountains · landscape · terrain · landlocked · volcanic
Language's letter system
- scriptWritten words for performance
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- isolateSeparate from others
- literatureBody of written works
Bible translation · calligraphy · linguistics · ancient texts · inscriptions · mother tongue
Faith based on Jesus
- monasteriesResidences for religious brothers
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
Etchmiadzin · baptism · cathedral · diocese
Non-monotheistic religious practice
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- fortressesFortified defensive structures
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
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Pliable Armenian flatbread
- dolmaStuffed leaf parcels
- pomegranateMany-seeded red fruit
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
carpet weaving · illuminated manuscripts · folklore · traditions · customs · hospitality · brandy · chess · backgammon
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
survival · memory · ancestry · legacy · homeland · Kardashian · community · heritage · recognition · April 24
Caucasus
Mountain range, Black to Caspian
plateau · mountains · landscape · terrain · landlocked · volcanic
alphabet
Language's letter system
- scriptWritten words for performance
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- isolateSeparate from others
literature · Bible translation · calligraphy · linguistics · ancient texts · inscriptions · mother tongue
Christianity
Faith based on Jesus
- monasteriesResidences for religious brothers
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- saintsCanonized religious figures
Etchmiadzin · pilgrimage · baptism · cathedral · diocese
paganism
Non-monotheistic religious practice
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- fortressesFortified defensive structures
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- Asian peoplesChinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai
- Eurasian LanguagesTurkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Kazakh
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
- Armenian HighlandsWestern Asian elevated plateau
- Armenian GenocideOttoman massacre of Armenians