Original: According to medieval Armenian sources, the settlement was first mentioned as Vararakn (Õ Õ Ö Õ Ö Õ Õ Õ, meaning "rapid spring" in Armenian) which it remained until it was renamed Khankendi in 1847.
Simplified: Stepanakert (Armenian: Õ Õ Õ Ö Õ Õ Õ Õ Õ Ö Õ; known as XankÉ ndi in Azerbaijan, and translated as Khankendi) is the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic.