SAMARKAND


Meaning of SAMARKAND in English

/sam'euhr kand"/ ; Russ. /seuh murdd kahnt"/ , n.

a city in SE Uzbekistan: taken by Alexander the Great 329 B.C.; Tamerlane's capital in the 14th century. 476,000.

Also, Samarcand . Ancient, Maracanda .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .