Samarqand
geographical name
Sam·ar·qand
| \ ˈsa-mər-ˌkand
\
\
variants:
or Samarkand
or ancient Maracanda \ ˌmer-ə-ˈkan-də
, ˌma-rə- \
, ˌma-rə- \
Definition of Samarqand
city in eastern Uzbekistan on a western spur of the Altai mountain system population 370,500