Gozluja was a village in the territory of the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Keshishkend (Yeghegnadzor) district, and present-day Vayots Dzor province. It was located 3-5 km to the east of the settlement of Keshishkend (Yeghegnadzor), near the village of Goytul and on the bank of the Ulgyurd River. The name of the village was noted in “The Iravan Province Review Book” and marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 60 in 1831, 342 in 1873, 549 in 1886, 630 in 1897, 647 in 1904, 711 in 1914 and 791 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed formations in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived managed to return to their own homes. The village was inhabited by 92 Azerbaijanis in 1922. After the Azerbaijanis were forced to flee the village in 1923–1925, it was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined by adding the suffix “-lu” and the augmentative adjective forming suffix “-ja” to the plant name “goz”.