Armenian genocide

See also: Armenian Genocide

English

Alternative forms

• Armenian Genocide

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Armenian genocide

2. (World War I) The systematic mass murder of around one million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. [20th c.]

   Synonym: (used especially by Armenians when speaking English) Meds Yeghern

Derived terms

• Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Translations

the genocide of Armenians

• Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռն (Mec Eġeṙn)
• Catalan: genocidi armeni m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞大屠殺 / 亚美尼亚大屠杀 (Yàměiníyà dàtúshā)

• Danish: armensk folkedrab n
• Finnish: armenialaisten kansanmurha
• French: génocide arménien m
• German: Völkermord an den Armeniern m, Genozid an den Armeniern m
• Hebrew: רצח העם הארמני m, שואת הארמנים f
• Hindi: आर्मीनियाई नरसंहार m (ārmīniyāī narsãhār)
• Italian: genocidio armeno m
• Portuguese: genocídio armênio m
• Romanian: genocidul armean n
• Russian: Мец Еге́рн m (Mec Jegérn), Мец Ехе́рн m (Mec Jexérn), геноци́д армя́н m (genocíd armján)
• Spanish: genocidio armenio m
• Turkish: Ermeni Soykırımı, Ermeni Kırımı, Ermeni Tehciri, 1915 Olayları (euphemism, genocide denial), Sözde Ermeni Soykırımı (genocide denial), Ermeni tezleri (genocide denial), Ermeni iddiaları (genocide denial)