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Sam•ar•kand
Pronunciation: (sam"ur-kand'; Russ. su-mur-känt'), [key]—
n.
a city in SE Uzbekistan: taken by Alexander the Great 329b.c.;Tamerlane's capital in the 14th century. 476,000.
Also,Sam"ar•cand'.Ancient,
Maracanda. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.