Armenian Highland

English

Armenian Highland in the centre

Proper noun

Armenian Highland

1. A plateau in the north of Western Asia, connecting the Lesser Caucasus with the Taurus Mountains. Total area: about 400,000 km². Average elevation: 1500 to 2000 metres, highest point: Mount Ararat. The area lies mostly in eastern Turkey; also includes the whole of modern Armenia, southern Georgia, western Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Nakhichevan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Synonyms

• Armenian Plateau
• Armenian Upland

Translations

plateau

• Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ (Haykakan leṙnašxarh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞高原／亚美尼亚高原 (Yàměiníyà gāoyuán)

• Dutch: Armeens Hoogland
• Finnish: Armenian ylänkö
• French: haut-plateau arménien m
• Georgian: სომხეთის მთიანეთი (somxetis mtianeti)
• German: Armenisches Hochland n
• Hindi: आर्मीनियाई पठार m (ārmīniyāī paṭhār)
• Hungarian: Örmény-felföld
• Irish: ardchríoch Airméanach f
• Lithuanian: Armėnijos kalnynas
• Polish: Wyżyna Armeńska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Planalto Armênio m
• Russian: Армя́нское наго́рье n (Armjánskoje nagórʹje)
• Spanish: Altiplano Armenio m
• Ukrainian: Вірменське нагір'я n (Virmensʹke nahirʺja)