
1) Capital of region, uzbek 2) City 3) Metropolis 4) Samarcand 5) Sasanian city 6) Urban center
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1) Samarcand
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Samarkand (Samarqand Самарқанд; سمرقند; Самарканд from Sogdian: `Stone Fort` or `Rock Town`), alternatively Samarqand or Samarcand, traditionally was the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. It is now the nation`s third largest, after fast-growing Namangan in the Ferghana Valley. The...
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One of the centers of Central Asian Muslim culture, located in Uzbekistan.
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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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[
n] - city in southern Uzbekistan
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Samarcand noun city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane`s opulent capital in the 14th century
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(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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