Armenian genocide

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Armenian genocide

  1. (historical) The systematic mass murder of around one million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I (1915–1917).

Synonyms

  • Meds Yeghern (used especially by Armenians when speaking English)

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