Look up: samarkand

1. Samarkand
   [n] - city in southern Uzbekistan
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2. Samarkand
   Samarcand noun city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane`s opulent capital in the 14th century
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3. Samarkand
   city in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia. In the 4th century , then known as Maracanda, it was the capital of ... [16 related articles]
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4. Samarkand
   Samarkand (sămurkănd', Rus. sumurkänt') , city (1991 pop. 395,000), capital of Samarkand region, in Uzbekistan, on the Trans-Caspian RR. It is one of the oldest existing cities in the world and the oldest of Central Asia. At the time of its greatest splendor medieval Samarka...
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5. Samarkand
   (city) City in eastern Uzbekistan, capital of Samarkand wiloyat (region), near the River Zerafshan, 217 km/135 mi east of Bukhara; population (1999) 362,300. Industries include cotton-ginning, silk manufacture, production of foodstuffs, and engineering, especially the manufacture o...
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6. Samarkand
   `Samarkand` (; ; ; from Sogdian: "Stone Fort" or "Rock Town") is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly...
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