Nakhichevan-on-Don

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Originally a town established on the right bank of Don in Russia by Armenians resettled from Crimea; later incorporated into the city of Rostov-on-Don.

Word forms

Nakhichevan-on-Don

Etymology

Named after Nakhichevan, one of the ancient areas of Armenia. Partial calque of Russian Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́ (Naxičevánʹ-na-Donú).

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