As proper nouns the difference between syunik and nakhichevan
is that syunik is a region (marz) of the Republic of Armenia while Nakhichevan is historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
syunik
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (from Old Armenian)
* (l)
Proper noun
(
Syunik Region)
(
en proper noun)
a region (marz) of the Republic of Armenia
nakhichevan
Alternative forms
* Nakhchivan, Naxcivan, (from Azeri)
* Nachidsheuan
* Nakhijevan (from Armenian)
* Nakhchawan (from Old Armenian)
* Nakhitchevan
* Nakhjavan
* Nakhdjevan
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
the capital city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Derived terms
* (l)