Movses is an
Armenian
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, equivalent to
Moses
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
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It gave rise to the surname
Movsesian Movsesian or Movsesyan is an Armenian surname, meaning "son of Movses (''Moses'')". It may refer to
* Alexander Movsesyan, Armenian playwright and novelist
* Aris Movsesijan, Serbian screenwriter, movie director, writer blogger, politician and den ...
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The name may refer to:
Places
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Movses, a village in
Tavush, Armenia
Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church
* Moses I (456–461)
* Moses II of Armenia (574–604)
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Moses III of Armenia
Catholicos Moses III (also Movses III) of Tatev was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
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(1629–1632) - Catholicos Movses III of Tatev
Given name
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Movses Khorenatsi (410–490s), Armenian historian and author of ''History of Armenia''
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Movses Kaghankatvatsi, 7th century historian of Caucasian Albania
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Movses Baghramian Movses Baghramian ( hy, Մովսես Բաղրամյան) was an 18th-century Armenian liberation movement leader.classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ... (project).
References
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, 18th century Armenian liberation movement leader
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Movses Hakobyan
Movses Hranti Hakobyan ( hy, Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Arme ...
, Armenian military leader and the commander in Karabakh
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Movses Silikyan (1862–1937), Armenian general
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Movses Gorgisyan, modern Armenian magazine editor
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