Samarkand

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• Three showed cathedrals in Moscow and Leningrad, as well as a mosque in Samarkand.

  Academic text (2011)

• Having conquered almost all of Asia... Temujin turned his armies towards Samarkand and Bukhara.

  Genghis Khan (1965)

• The last group was to advance from Samarkand and secure a main road in that area.

• "We have everything, even matches," she quoted a saying she had heard in Samarkand, in times of great poverty.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Paper, introduced from China via Samarkand, was manufactured in the provinces from vegetable fiber.

  Academic text (2004)

• Here, to the west, Samarkand and Bukhara, the lands of the Persians.

  Genghis Khan (1965)

• 48 specific investment projects included hotel construction in Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara.

  Academic text (1996)

• Samarkand and Bukhara will fall easily to us... and Persia will be ours for the taking.

  Genghis Khan (1965)

• A promising general in his youth, Tamerlane rose to power in Samarkand in 1369, as the Chagatai Khanate went into decline.

  Blog text (32)

• Tucked away in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan, the former Soviet republic's cities of Tashkent and Samarkand were once important stops on the ancient Silk Road that linked China.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

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Samarcand

vsSamarkand

8.4

An old city in southern Uzbekistan famous for its beautiful Islamic buildings and lively markets

is the same name but spelled differently as an alternative form

Surface Forms

Etymology