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Definition of Samarcand

1. Noun. City in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century.

Definition of Samarcand

1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Samarkand) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samarcand

Literary usage of Samarcand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Marching on Bokhara, the Russians left no detachments south of samarcand, ... After the capture of samarcand, the Russians sustained several attacks from ..."

2. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1859)
"JOURNEY FROM THE OXUS TO samarcand. FESTIVITIES AT THE COURT OP TIMOUR BEG. ... The territory of this empire of samarcand is called Mongolia, ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"M. Vambery would tell them that in Khiva, Bokhara, and samarcand, ... The description of samarcand, drawn up by M. Lehmann, was published in German, ..."

4. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Marching on Bokhara, tho Russians left no detachments south of samarcand, ... After tho capture of samarcand, the Russians sustained several attacks from ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"Twenty-six years ago (September 1841) the author visited samarcand, being, after his companion, Lehmann, the first European who had seen the famous capital ..."

6. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

7. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

8. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

9. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Marching on Bokhara, the Russians left no detachments south of samarcand, ... After the capture of samarcand, the Russians sustained several attacks from ..."

10. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1859)
"JOURNEY FROM THE OXUS TO samarcand. FESTIVITIES AT THE COURT OP TIMOUR BEG. ... The territory of this empire of samarcand is called Mongolia, ..."

11. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"M. Vambery would tell them that in Khiva, Bokhara, and samarcand, ... The description of samarcand, drawn up by M. Lehmann, was published in German, ..."

12. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Marching on Bokhara, tho Russians left no detachments south of samarcand, ... After tho capture of samarcand, the Russians sustained several attacks from ..."

13. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"Twenty-six years ago (September 1841) the author visited samarcand, being, after his companion, Lehmann, the first European who had seen the famous capital ..."

14. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

15. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

16. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Encrease of samarcand; Affaires of China: Funerals of the Can ; comming to ... We arrived at the last at samarcand with all our ..."

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