ArmenianArmenian Hay, plural Hayq or Haykmember of a people with
an ancient culture who originally lived in the region known as
Armenia, which comprised what is now northeastern Turkey and the
Republic of Armenia. Although some remain in Turkey, more than
three million Armenians live in the republic; large numbers also
live in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and other areas of the Caucasus and
the Middle East. Many other Armenians have migrated to Europe
and North America.  The Armenians are the descendants of a
branch of the Indo-Europeans. The ancient Greek historians
Herodotus and Eudoxus of Rhodes related the Armenians to the
Phrygians—who entered Asia Minor from Thrace—and to the peoples
of the ancient kingdom upon whom the Phrygians imposed their
rule and language. Known to the Persians as Armina and to the
Greeks as Armenioi, the Armenian people call themselves Hayq
(singular: Hay) and their country Hayastan, and they look back
to a folk hero, Hayk.  The Armenian language is Indo-European,
but the phonetics and g