Gay, Armenia

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Gay

| native_name = Գայ

| pushpin_map = Armenia

| mapsize = 150px

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Armavir

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Araks

| leader_title = Mayor

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1670s

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 3,614{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/armenia/armavir/|title=Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2024-11-08}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|05|02|N|44|18|20|E|region:AM|display=inline}}

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Gay ({{langx|hy|Գայ}} {{IPA|hy|ɡɑj||}}), known as Khatunarkh until 1978 and also spelled Gai is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan, Safavid governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.Հակոբյան Տ.Խ., Մալիք Բախշյան փ.Տ., Բարսեղյան Օ.Խ. Հայաստանի և շրջակա գավառների տեղանունների բառարան. I գ., Ա.Դ., Երևան, «Իրավանի համալսարան», 1986. էջ 778 In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gai.Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626205330/http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf |date=June 26, 2008 }}