The early Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi derived the name Armenia from Aramaneak, the eldest son of the legendary Hayk. The names Armenia and Armenian are exonyms, first attested in the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Armenians traditionally associate this name with the legendary progenitor of the Armenian people, Hayk. The endonym of the Armenians is hay, and the old Armenian name for the country is Hayk' ( Armenian: Հայք, which also means "Armenians" in Classical Armenian), later Hayastan ( Armenian: Հայաստան). Īrmenia is located in Eastern Europe and Western Asia between Eastern Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat. The history of Armenia covers the topics related to the history of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the Armenian people, the Armenian language, and the regions of Europe and Asia historically and geographically considered Armenian.
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