Boghos is an Armenian given name equivalent to
Paul
Paul may refer to:
People
* Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
* Paul (surname), a list of people
* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
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Eastern Armenian
Eastern Armenian () is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language.
Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...
it is translated as Poghos. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Boghos
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Andon Boghos Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official
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Boghos Nubar
Boghos Nubar (), also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha (; 2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was the son of Nubar Pasha, a three time governor of Egypt. A chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian nati ...
(1851–1930), Armenian politician and leader
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Boghos Yousefian (1775–1844), Armenian merchant, administrator and customs official
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Avedis Boghos Derounian (1909–1991), Armenian-American journalist and author
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Steven Boghos Derounian (1918–2007), Armenian-American politician
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Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (born 1943), Armenian scholar, linguist and philosopher
Poghos
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Poghos Bek-Pirumyan
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan (; 8 June 1856 – 19 January 1921) was an Armenian military commander. He served as a colonel for the Russian Empire in World War I and was a commander of the Battle of Sardarabad.
Biography
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan was born on ...
(1856–1921), Armenian Russian commander
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Poghos Galstyan (born 1961), Armenian footballer and manager
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Poghos Ignatosian (born 1920), American bureaucrat of Armenian descent
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Poghos Poghosyan
Poghos Poghosyan (; 1958 – September 25, 2001) was an ethnic Armenian from the Javakheti region of Georgia. He was killed at Poplavok cafe in Yerevan on September 25, 2001 by the bodyguards of then President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. Kocharya ...
(1958–2001), Armenian murder victim
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Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (1883–1915), Armenian revolutionary and fedayi in the Ottoman Empire
See also
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Sourp Boghos chapel, Nicosia
Sourp Boghos (; Saint Paul) is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Nicosia, Cyprus.
The chapel is located in the old Armenian cemetery near the Ledra Palace hotel, very near the Nicosia city centre, was built in 1892 by the will and testament of B ...
; church in Nicosia, Cyprus
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Surb Poghos-Petros, Yerevan, church in Yerevan, Armenia
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Surp Bogos Church, Armenian Catholic church in Istanbul
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Boghossian, surname derived from the name
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Armenian masculine given names
Masculine given names