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Echmiadzin

(Encyclopedia)Echmiadzin: see Yejmiadzin, Armenia. ...

Aleksandropol

(Encyclopedia)Aleksandropol: see Kumayri, Armenia. ...

Vagarshapat

(Encyclopedia)Vagarshapat: see Yejmiadzin, Armenia. ...

Kirovakan

(Encyclopedia)Kirovakan, city: see Vanadzor, Armenia. ...

Araks

(Encyclopedia)Araks, river, Armenia: see Aras.

Gokcha

(Encyclopedia)Gokcha, lake: see Sevan, lake, Armenia. ...

Alagez, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Alagez, Mount: see Aragats, Mount, Armenia. ...

Armenian literature

(Encyclopedia)Armenian literature. The Armenian Church fostered literature, and the principal early works are religious or hagiographical, most of them translations. The first major Armenian literary work is a 5th ...

Lycaonia

(Encyclopedia)Lycaonia lĭkˌāōˈnēə [key], ancient country of S Asia Minor (now in Turkey), between Galatia and Cilicia on the north and south and Phrygia and Cappadocia on the west and east. Passing successiv...

Tarshish

(Encyclopedia)Tarshish tärˈshĭsh [key], in the Bible. 1 Eponym of a country distant from Palestine which cannot be accurately identified; Cyprus, Spain, and Tarsus (S Asia Minor) have been suggested. Traditional...

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