Armenian

& s. [Eng. Armeni ( a ); -an. In Fr. Arménien; from Lat. Armenia; Gr. ̓Αρμενία ( Armenia ). Armenia, in 2 Kings xix. 37, is in the original Ararat, and should have been so rendered.] A. As adjective : Pertaining to Armenia, a country situated on the mountainous region between the Black and the Caspian Seas, between latitudes 37° and 42° N., and long. 399 to 50° E. B. As substantive: 1. A native of Armenia. 2. The language spoken by the Armenians, who are not confined to their native land, but are many of them succe ful merchants in India and other parts of the East. The Living comes from the Old or Dead Armenian, ranked by Max Müller under the Iranic Branch of the Southern Division of the Aryan Languages. Armenian bole. Mineralogy: A kind of bole from Armenia. [BOLE.] Armenian stone. Mineralogy: A blue carbonate of copper brought from Armenia. Armenian whetstone. Min.: Dana's rendering of the Greek term ἀκόνη ἐξ ̓Αρμενίας (akone ex Armenias), the name given by Theophrastus to emery (q.v.).