Artsakh

English Republic of + + (historic province) Etymology From en hy Արցախ. Proper noun An erstwhile state with limited recognition in the South Caucasus populated mostly by Armenians that existed between 1991 and 2024. Its capital was Stepanakert. en Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic en historical One of the 15 provinces of Greater Armenia. en Levon Chorbajian; Patrick Donabédian; Claude Mutafian The Caucasian Knot: The History & Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=OUlnYdOHJ3wC Zed Books 1994 53 The historian Movses Khorenatsi (an Armenian source from the fifth century AD according to some, and the eighth century AD, according to others) indicated that the province of Utik (along with Artsakh with which it was contiguous on the south) was part of the Armenian kingdom of the Ervandunis (or Orontids) between the fourth to second centuries BC. en John Wright; Richard Schofield; Suzanne Goldenberg Transcaucasian Boundaries https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=P_2NAgAAQBAJ w:Routledge 16 December 2003 91 For the most part, Caucasian Albania (in Armenian, A[ġ]vank—that is Aghvank or Aghouank) only stretched a short way south of the Kura River. If there was a disputed province of ancient Armenia, it was Utik (which contained the town of Partav, at one time Caucasian Albania's capital, and the southern valley of the Kura), and not Artsakh, the more mountainous region corresponding to Karabakh and Shahumianovsk today. en Ohannes Geukjian Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Legacy of Soviet Nationalities Policy https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=E_AoDAAAQBAJ w:Routledge 13 May 2016 30 Khorenatsi indicated that the province of Utik, together with Artsakh adjoining it to the south, formed part of the Armenian kingdom of the Ervandunis (or Orontids) in the fourth to second centuries BC. Derived terms en Artsakhi Artsakhian Republic of Artsakh Translations historical province Arabic: ar أَرْتْسَاخ f Armenian: hy Արցախ Old Armenian: xcl Արցախ Azerbaijani: az Artsax Belarusian: be Арца́х m Bengali: bn আর্তসাখ artśakh Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿爾察赫 Ā'ěrcháhè Czech: cs Arcach m Esperanto: eo Arcaĥo French: fr Artsakh m Georgian: ka არცახი Greek: el Αρτσάχ n Ancient Greek: grc Ὀρχιστηνή Italian: it Arcah scholar transcription, it Artsakh Japanese: ja アルツァフ Arutsafu Khmer: km អាតសាក់ Korean: ko ^아르차흐 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئارتساخ Latin: la Orchistēnē f Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Арцах Persian: fa آرْتْساخ ârtsâx Portuguese: pt Artsaque m Russian: ru Арца́х m Spanish: es Artsaj Turkish: tr Arzah, tr Artsah Ukrainian: uk Арца́х m Urartian: xur 𒆳𒌨𒉈𒄭 KURUr-ṭè-ḫi Urṭeḫi Anagrams en aahkrst Akhtars en Armenia Artsakh