Armenian genocide

English

Alternative forms

• Armenian Genocide

Proper noun

Armenian genocide

1. (historical) The systematic mass murder of around one million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I (1915–1917).

Synonyms

• Meds Yeghern (used especially by Armenians when speaking English)

Derived terms

• Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Translations

the genocide of Armenians

• Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռն (Mec Eġeṙn)
• Catalan: genocidi armeni m
• Danish: armensk folkedrab n
• Finnish: Armenialaisten kansanmurha
• French: génocide arménien m
• German: Völkermord an den Armeniern m, Genozid an den Armeniern m
• Hebrew: רצח העם הארמני m, שואת הארמנים f
• Italian: genocidio armeno m
• Portuguese: genocídio armênio m
• Romanian: genocidul armean n
• Russian: Мец Еге́рн m (Mec Jegérn), Мец Ехе́рн m (Mec Jexérn), геноци́д армя́н m (genocíd armján)
• Spanish: genocidio armenio m
• Turkish: Ermeni Soykırımı, Ermeni Kırımı, Ermeni Tehciri, 1915 Olayları (euphemism, genocide denial), Sözde Ermeni Soykırımı (genocide denial), Ermeni tezleri (genocide denial), Ermeni iddiaları (genocide denial)