Artsakh

Proper noun

Artsakh

1. An erstwhile state with limited recognition in the South Caucasus populated mostly by Armenians that existed between 1991 and 2024. Its capital was Stepanakert.

   Synonyms:

   Republic of Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

2. (historical) One of the 15 provinces of Greater Armenia.
   • 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...1994, Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabédian, Claude Mutafian, The Caucasian Knot: The History & Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh, Zed Books, page 53
   • 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...2003 December 16, John Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg, Transcaucasian Boundaries, Routledge, page 91