English Explanatory Dictionary

Meds Yeghern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The Armenian genocide.
  2. Atrocities in the scale of such a genocide.

Pronunciation

/mɛdz jɛ.ˈɡɜ(ɹ)n/ /mɛts jə.ˈɡɛə(ɹ)n/

Word forms

Meds Yeghern the Meds Yeghern Medser Yeghernner Medz Yeghern Mets Yeghern Metz Yeghern

Etymology

From the Western Armenian pronunciation of Armenian Մեծ Եղեռն (Mec Eġeṙn, literally “Great Crime”).

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