Definition of hayastan Hayastan

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What does hayastan mean?

Noun
hayastan - 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
		Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan
		transcaucasia a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan
		cis, commonwealth of independent states an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
		armenian apostolic orthodox church, armenian church an independent Christian church established in Armenia since 300; was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions
		capital of armenia, erivan, jerevan, yerevan capital of Armenia
		aras, araxes a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes