Usage: Armenian, English, Russian
Other Scripts: Երևան(Armenian) Ереван(Russian)
Pronounced: yeh-reh-VAHN(Armenian) yeh-rə-VAHN(English) yeh-rə-VAN(English) yi-ryi-VAN(Russian) i-ryi-VAN(Russian)
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Meaning unknown. It may be from
Yervand, the name of a 3rd-century BC Armenian king (also known as Orontes IV), or from Էրեբունի
(Erebuni), an ancient Urartian fortification and city. A popular folk etymology suggests that it comes from Armenian Երեւաց
(yerevats) meaning "(it) appeared", supposedly exclaimed by the biblical
Noah after the Ark landed on Mount Ararat. This is the name of the capital city of Armenia.