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Maracanda

[mar-uh-kan-duh]
noun
  1. ancient name of Samarkand.
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  • 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

noun
  1. the ancient name for Samarkand
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