Kond
Sign in to saveKond (, meaning long hill in Armenian; during the Persian rule, , Tappebashi) is one of the oldest quarters of Yerevan. It is situated within the boundaries of the modern-day Kentron District of the capital of Armenia. According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, Kond is located at the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name. Its western border has historically been the Hrazdan River, and its northern border the Kozern Cemetery.
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Kond (, meaning long hill in Armenian; during the Persian rule, , Tappebashi) is one of the oldest quarters of Yerevan. It is situated within the boundaries of the modern-day Kentron District of the capital of Armenia. According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, Kond is located at the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name. Its western border has historically been the Hrazdan River, and its northern border the Kozern Cemetery.
== Etymology == Kond, meaning "long hill" in Armenian, so named because of its higher elevation in relation to the surrounding areas. The quarter was also known as Tappebashi (Turkic: tepe - hill, baş - head, top; "top of the hill") while Yerevan was under Persian rule.
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