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Samarkand

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Sam·ar·qand or Sam·ar·kand  (smr-knd, s-mr-känt)
A city of southern Uzbekistan southwest of Tashkent. Dating from the third or fourth millennium b.c., the city was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329, taken by the Arabs in the eighth century a.d., and destroyed by Genghis Khan c. 1220. It was rebuilt as a fabled center of great splendor and opulence when it became (c. 1370) the capital of Tamerlane's empire. Population: 319,000.
Samarkand [ˈsæməˌkænd (Russian) səmarˈkant]
n
(Placename) a city in E Uzbekistan: under Tamerlane it became the chief economic and cultural centre of central Asia, on trade routes from China and India (the ``silk road''). Pop.: 388 000 (1998 est.) Ancient name Maracanda
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Noun1.SamarkandSamarkand - city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
Samarcand
Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Uzbek - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet


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