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Maracanda

[ mar-uh-kan-duh ]
/ ˌmær əˈkæn də /
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noun
ancient name of Samarkand.
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Words nearby Maracanda

marabou, marabout, marabunta, maraca, Maracaibo, Maracanda, Maracay, Maradona, marae, maraging steel, marais
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How to use Maracanda in a sentence

  • He then led his army to Maracanda,503 which is the capital of the land of the Sogdianians.

    The Anabasis of Alexander|Arrian of Nicomedia

British Dictionary definitions for Maracanda

Maracanda
/ (ˌmærəˈkændə) /
noun
the ancient name for Samarkand
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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