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- [sam-er-kand; Russian suh-muhr-kahnt]
- /ˌsæm ərˈkænd; Russian sə mʌrˈkɑnt/
- /ˈsæmɑːkənd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sam-er-kand; Russian suh-muhr-kahnt]
- /ˌsæm ərˈkænd; Russian sə mʌrˈkɑnt/
Definitions of samarkand word
- noun samarkand a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand. 1
- noun samarkand 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: 289 000 (2005 est) 0
- noun samarkand city in E Uzbekistan: capital (as Maracanda) of Tamerlane's empire (1370-1405): pop. 371,000 0
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Parts of speech for Samarkand
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samarkand popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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