Utik

A historical canton of Greater Armenia, mostly part of present-day Azerbaijan.

Noun

  1. A historical canton of Greater Armenia, mostly part of present-day Azerbaijan.
    • The historian Movses Khorenatsi (an Armenian source from the fifth century AD according to some, and the eighth century AD, according to others) indicated that the province of Utik (along with Artsakh with which it was...
    • For the most part, Caucasian Albania (in Armenian, A[ġ]vank—that is Aghvank or Aghouank) only stretched a short way south of the Kura River. If there was a disputed province of ancient Armenia, it was Utik (which...
    • Khorenatsi indicated that the province of Utik, together with Artsakh adjoining it to the south, formed part of the Armenian kingdom of the Ervandunis (or Orontids) in the fourth to second centuries BC. - 2016 May 13,...

Origin

Borrowed from Armenian Ուտիք (Utikʻ).