Artsakh en · PROPN
Etymology
From Armenian Արցախ (Arcʻax).
Meanings
- An erstwhile state with limited recognition in the South Caucasus populated mostly by Armenians that existed between 1991 and 2024. Its capital was Stepanakert.
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(historical) One of the 15 provinces of Greater Armenia.
Khorenatsi indicated that the province of Utik, together with Artsakh adjoining it to the south, formed part of the Armenian kingdom of the Ervandunis (or Orontids) in the fourth to second centuries BC.
2016 May 13, Ohannes Geukjian, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Legacy of Soviet Nationalities Policy, Routledge, page 30:For the most part, Caucasian Albania (in Armenian, A[ġ]vank—that is Aghvank or Aghouank) only stretched a short way south of the Kura River. If there was a disputed province of ancient Armenia, it was Utik (which contained the town of Partav, at one time Caucasian Albania's capital, and the southern valley of the Kura), and not Artsakh, the more mountainous region corresponding to Karabakh and Shahumianovsk today.
2003 December 16, John Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg, Transcaucasian Boundaries, Routledge, page 91:The historian Movses Khorenatsi (an Armenian source from the fifth century AD according to some, and the eighth century AD, according to others) indicated that the province of Utik (along with Artsakh with which it was contiguous on the south) was part of the Armenian kingdom of the Ervandunis (or Orontids) between the fourth to second centuries BC.
1994, Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabédian, Claude Mutafian, The Caucasian Knot: The History & Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh, Zed Books, page 53:
Deriveds
Artsakhian · Artsakhi · Republic of Artsakh
Synonyms
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic · Republic of Artsakh
Translations (28)
hy Արցախ (historical province) · eo Arcaĥo (historical province) · ka არცახი (historical province) · cs Arcach (historical province) · mn Арцах (historical province) · grc Ὀρχιστηνή (historical province) · ckb ئارتساخ (historical province) · ja アルツァフ (historical province) · it Artsakh (historical province) · xur 𒆳𒌨𒉈𒄭 (historical province) · cmn 阿爾察赫 /阿尔察赫 (historical province) · bn আর্তসাখ (historical province) · la Orchistēnē (historical province) · fr Artsakh (historical province) · ar أَرْتْسَاخ (historical province) · ru Арца́х (historical province) · xcl Արցախ (historical province) · uk Арца́х (historical province) · ko 아르차흐 (historical province) · tr Arzah (historical province) · it Arcah (historical province) · fa آرْتْساخ (historical province) · km អាតសាក់ (historical province) · az Artsax (historical province) · pt Artsaque (historical province) · es Artsaj (historical province) · be Арца́х (historical province) · tr Artsah (historical province)