Armenia is in fact a word in Latin - Armenius - which is otherwise translated as apricot. Armeniacus meaning apricot colored.

The ancient Latins equated Armenia with that which they received from the land through trade with the Armenians. 

The apricot was originally from Armenia, taken by Alexander the Great and placed in Greece and then planted in Rome as well.

This does not mean that Armenians were named after the fruit, but rather that the fruit was attributed to Armenians, their agricultural feats, and the origins of the apricot on Armenian land, near Mount Ararat.

Where in the Garden was found the fig tree from which was grasped the forbidden fruit, the apricot tree, as a blessing to the world Armenians grasped from the garden of Ararat, the birthplace of redeemed humanity, to give to the world in healing. 

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