Ağrı (also, Aghry) is a village in the

Ordubad District Ordubad District ( az, Ordubad rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is part of the municipality of the

Vənənd Vənənd is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 17 km in the north-west from the district center, on the bank of the Vanandchay river. People of ...

village. The village is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 15 km away from the district center, on the left banks of the Venendchay river. Its population mainly is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, silkworm breeding and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 291.zerbaijan National Academy of Scienes>

Etymology

The village took its name from the Ağrıdağ (Aghrydagh) Mount located in the east of the Turkey. In the

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic languag ...

the word of ''ağrı / ağru'' means "high, height".''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

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* Populated places in Ordubad District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub