👉 Yerevan is a city located in Armenia, an Armenian-speaking country of the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is also known as Yerevan (Russian: Ярёва́н, Yarëvna). The city's name means "the place where one gets your meat" or "the place where you get your meat." It was founded in 1495 during the Ottoman Empire and later became an important city for trade and commerce.