Maracanda

[ mar-uh-kan-duh ]

/ ˌmær əˈkæn də /

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noun

ancient name of Samarkand.

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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

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