Definition of "Yerevan"

Before long Abbas Mirza suffered a succession of defeats, which culminated in the capture of Erivan, today capital of Armenia.

1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 99

Crammed to the gills with history, it nestles in the shadow of Mount Ararat and has a medieval centre but it's Yerevan's religious heritage that is its main claim to fame.

2009 September 26, Geoff Garvey, The Guardian