What was the original name of Armenia?
Armenia is located in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat. The original Armenian name for the country was Hayk, later Hayastan (Armenian: Հայաստան), translated as ‘the land of Hayk’, derived from Hayk and the Persian suffix ‘-stan’ (“land”). Who named the country Armenia? The name has traditionally been derived from Hayk (Հայկ), the…