Armenia vs Russia - What's the difference?
armenia | russia |
(historical) 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.
A small country in Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Armenia. Official language: Armenian. Capital: Yerevan.
A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation,'' formerly the ''Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic'' (RSFSR), Capital and largest city ''Moscow
(historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
(historical) The Russian Empire.
(historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
(dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
*1842 , George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters , page 24:
In historical terms the difference between armenia and russia
is that armenia is 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 while russia is the Russian Empire.armenia
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(wikipedia Armenia)Proper noun
(en proper noun)See also
* * Meds YeghernAnagrams
* English words suffixed with -ia ----russia
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(wikipedia Russia)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.