Greater Armenia
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Greater Armenia may refer to:
- The Ancient Armenia, independent from 190 BC to 387 АD, known as Greater Armenia (or "Armenia Major") to distinguish it from Roman-controlled Lesser Armenia (or "Armenia Minor")
- Western ArmeniaWestern ArmeniaWestern Armenia is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to Armenian-inhabited areas of the Armenian Highland that were part of the Ottoman Empire and now are part of the Republic of Turkey....
, a term coined following the division of Greater Armenia between the Byzantine Empire (Western Armenia, Armenia Major) and Persia (Eastern Armenia, Persarmenia) in 387 - Medieval Armenia, called Greater Armenia to distinguish it from "Little Armenia" (the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia)
- Greater Armenia (political concept)Greater Armenia (political concept)Greater Armenia or United Armenia refers to an irredentist concept of the territory claimed by some Armenian nationalist groups outside the Republic of Armenia which are considered part of national homeland by Armenians, based on the present-day and historical presence of Armenian...
, a political goal of Armenian irredentists