Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, beginning on 23 September 1991 the official name of the nation has been the Republic of Armenia ( Armenian: Hayastani Hanrapetut ' yun ).

Rebuilt by the emperor Justin I after an earthquake in the 6th century, it became Justinopolis ( 525 ); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I, king of Lesser Armenia, made it his capital early in the 12th century, it was known as Anazarva.

Octavian complained that Antony had no authority for being in Egypt ; that his execution of Sextus Pompeius was illegal ; that his treachery to the king of Armenia disgraced the Roman name ; that he had not sent half the proceeds of the spoils to Rome according to his agreement ; that his connection with Cleopatra and the acknowledgment of Caesarion as a legitimate son of Julius Caesar were a degradation of his office and a menace to himself.

A similar figure with the same name ( in other languages ) exists in several other countries, including France ( Père Noël ), Spain ( Papá Noel, Padre Noel ), almost all Hispanic South America ( Papá Noel ), Brazil ( Papai Noel ), Portugal ( Pai Natal ), Italy ( Babbo Natale ), Armenia ( Kaghand Papik ), India ( Christmas Father ), Andorra ( Pare Noel ), Romania ( Moş Crăciun ) and Turkey ( Noel Baba ).

The translation was sometimes called the Livre dou conqueste ; it was known by this name throughout Europe as well as in the crusader Kingdom of Cyprus and in Cilician Armenia, and 14th-century Venetian geographer Marino Sanuto the Elder had a copy of it.

For example, De Poerderlé, writing in the 18th century, asserted, " Cet arbre tire son nom de l ' Arménie, province d ' Asie, d ' où il est originaire et d ' où il fut porté en Europe ..." (" this tree takes its name from Armenia, province of Asia, where it is native, and whence it was brought to Europe ...").

In the meantime, a Patrician by the name of Symbatius proceeded to rebel in Armenia, and opened up the province to the Arabs, who proceeded to conquer it in 694 – 695.

In addition to their importance to the ancestry of Chechens and Ingush, the Gargareans have also been considered possibly central to the formation of the Èrs, another historical ( albeit now extinct ) Nakh people living in Northern Armenia, Caucasian Albania and Hereti ( the name Hereti is derived from them ).

The archbishop answered that he had himself seen such a man in Armenia, and that his name was Cartaphilus, a Jewish shoemaker, who, when Jesus stopped for a second to rest while carrying his cross, hit him, and told him " Go on quicker, Jesus!

Possibly, the Paulicians of Armenia adhered to his teachings, and received their name from him.

Its eastern side, connected with the mountains of Arran ( Eastern Armenia ) and Aderbijan, it is called Keik, and when it reaches to Ghilan, ( the Gelae and Cadusians ,) and Irak, ( Media ,) it takes the name of Terkel-diz-cuh ; it is called Mauz when it reaches Kurnish and Mazanderan ; and originally Mazanderan was named Mawz-enderan ; and when Alburz reaches Khorassan, it is called Lurry.

He makes references to Israel, Urartu, ( also called Armenia ), Edom, Damascus, Media, Babylon, Arpad, Umlias, the plains of Central Asia, and the Greeks ; the family name refers to their descent from Atreus.

Their critics accused them of incest, cannibalism and " debauchery " ( in Armenia their name came to mean " filthy ") but scholars reject these claims.

In the aftermath of the Roman – Parthian War of 58 – 63, Emperor Nero levied the I Italica with the name phalanx Alexandri Magni (" phalanx of Alexander the Great "), for a campaign in Armenia, ad portas Caspias-to the pass of Chawar.

A variation of the name, Smbat, also occurs in Armenia, as well as the version Lempad of his father's name Lambad.

* Ses, alternate name of Sers, Armenia

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Tigranes ( sometimes Tigran or Dikran ; ; ) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia.

The name means " a foot of Aragats " ( the highest mountain of the Republic of Armenia ).

Tavush received its name after the historical area of Armenia – Tavush gavar – a part of Great Armenia – which included the most part of modern Tavush.

340 – 391 ) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia.

* Kalinin former name of Noramarg, Armenia

That girl last night, what was her name??

For a blood-chilling ring of terror to the very sound of his name was the tool he needed for the job he'd promised to do.

No man's name brought more cheers when it was announced in a rodeo.

My lovely caller -- Joyce Holland was her name -- had previously done three filmed commercials for zing, and this evening, the fourth, a super production, had been filmed at the home of Louis Thor.

Her name was L'Turu and she told me many things.

Bill Doolin's ambition, it appeared, was to carve out his name with bullets alongside those of Jesse James and Billy the Kid, and Bill Tilghman had sworn he would stop him.

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

Neither was Henrietta hoydenish like Jo, who frankly wished she were a boy and had deliberately shortened her name, which, like Henrietta's, was the feminine form of a boy's name.

But neither was Lilian her baptismal name.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

It seems to me now, in a long backward glance, that many of the Hetman's conceits and odd actions -- together with his grim posture when brandishing the hatchet in the name of Mr. Hearst -- were keyed with the tragedy which was to close over him one day.

An accompanying sympathetic letter explained that inside the envelope was a name for Mrs. Coolidge's first granddaughter.

The name inside the envelope was `` Cynthia ''.

Her name was Esther Peter.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Under Fosdick the first executive officer of the CTCA was Richard Byrd, whose name in later years was to become synonymous with activities at the polar antipodes.

I had had my name taken out of the telephone book, and this was partly because of a convict who had been discharged from Sing Sing and who called me night after night.