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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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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
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