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Samarkand in American English
city in E Uzbekistan: capital (as Maracanda) of Tamerlane's empire (1370-1405): pop. 371,000

Samarkand in British English
noun: a city in E Uzbekistan: under Tamerlane it became the chief economic and cultural centre of central Asia, on trade routes from China and India (the " silk road"). Pop: 289 000 (2005 est)

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