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Samarqand

Samarqand is the alternative form of Samarkand.

Meaning of Samarkand

Proper noun

Samarkand

  1. The regional capital of the Samarkand region, Uzbekistan. Official name: Samarqand.
    • Look ’round thee now on Samarcand! —
      Is she not queen of Earth? her pride
      Above all cities? in her hand
      Their destinies?1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
    Synonyms:
    Maracanda
  2. A region of Uzbekistan.

Words formed from Samarqand

Questions about Samarqand

What is Samarqand the alternative form of?
Samarqand is the alternative form of Samarkand.

Words near Samarqand in the dictionary

  1. samarium
  2. Samarkand
  3. samaroid
  4. Samaroo
  5. Samaroos
  6. Samarqand
  7. Samarqandi
  8. Samarqandi paper
  9. Samarqandis
  10. samarra
  11. Samarrah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Samarqand (page history and authors); Samarkand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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