SAMARCAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Samarcand mean? 

• SAMARCAND (noun)
  The noun SAMARCAND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SAMARCAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMARCAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Samarcand; Samarkand

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Samarcand" is a part of...):

Republic of Uzbekistan; Uzbek; Uzbekistan (a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)