Definitions

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  • proper noun Armenian mythology The legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation.
  • proper noun A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Հայկ (Hayk).

Etymologies

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From Armenian Հայկ (Hayk).

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Examples

  • "Hayk" condemns the 7-year prison sentence given to opposition leader and newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian.

    «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 2010

  • "Hayk" shrugs off pro-government media claims that President Serzh Sarkisian's visit to London was a big success as it strengthened Armenia's links with Britain.

    «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 2010

  • "Hayk" shrugs off pro-government media claims that President Serzh Sarkisian's visit to London was a big success as it strengthened Armenia's links with Britain.

    «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 2010

  • "Hayk" comments on Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov's claims that the conflicting parties have all but agreed on the liberation of the Azerbaijani territories surrounding Karabakh.

    «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 2010

  • California Green Design employees, from left, Arin Gharibian, Hayk Mkrtchayan and Edward Boghosian, assemble solar electrical panels on the roof of a home in Glendale, Calif.,

    Houses of 2020 will be all about energy 2010

  • Geography - note: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Geography - note: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Geography - note: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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