Armenian Highland

English

Armenian Highland in the centre

Proper noun

Armenian Highland

A plateau in Transcaucasia, 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 in Transcaucasia

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

Hungarian: Örmény-felföld
Irish: ardchríoch Airméanach f
Lithuanian: Armėnijos kalnynas
Polish: Wyżyna Armeńska f
Portuguese: Planalto Armênio m
Russian: Армя́нское наго́рье n (Armjánskoje nagórʹje)
Spanish: Altiplano Armenio m
Ukrainian: Вірменське нагір'я n (Virmensʹke nahirʺja)

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