armenia : Idioms & Phrases

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armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia

  • noun 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
    ASALA; 3rd October Organization; Orly Group.
    • ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people
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capital of armenia

  • noun capital of Armenia
    Erivan; Jerevan; Yerevan.
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republic of armenia

  • noun 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
    Hayastan; Armenia.
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