English

Yerevan skyline with Mount Ararat in the background.

Alternative forms

• Erevan (obsolete)
• Erewan (obsolete)
• Erivan (obsolete)

Proper noun

Yerevan

1. the capital and largest city of Armenia
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 99:

     Before long Abbas Mirza suffered a succession of defeats, which culminated in the capture of Erivan, today capital of Armenia.

   • 2009, Geoff Garvey, The Guardian, 26 Sep 2009:

     Crammed to the gills with history, it nestles in the shadow of Mount Ararat and has a medieval centre but it's Yerevan's religious heritage that is its main claim to fame.

Derived terms

• Yerevanian

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