# Armenia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɑːˈmiː.ni.ə/ · frequency rank #13,661

## Definitions
1. A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Republic of Armenia. Capital: Yerevan.
2. Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.
3. A town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
4. Places in the Philippines:
5. Places in the Philippines:
6. The capital city of Quindío department, Colombia.

## Etymology
From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠Armina⁠/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ (hay) for the native name. Attested in English since late 14th century.

## Easily confused with
- **arsenic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armenia-vs-arsenic)
- **Armenian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armenia-vs-armenian)
- **arena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arena-vs-armenia)
- **Amelia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amelia-vs-armenia)
- **Armani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armani-vs-armenia)
- **ammonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ammonia-vs-armenia)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amrenia`, `aremnia`, `armeina`, `armenai`, `armennia`, `armmenia`, `armneia`, `arrmenia`, `ramenia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/armenia