samarkand
/ˈsæmə(ɹ)kænd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A region of Uzbekistan.
Example Sentences
- "Look ’round thee now on Samarcand! — Is she not queen of Earth? her pride Above all cities? in her hand Their destinies?"
- "In the quaver of his voice was a remembering of long muletrains jingling through the gate, queens in litters hung with patchwork curtains from Samarcand, […]"
- "When the tsarist government crumbled with the abdication of Nicholas II in March 1917 a dual administration was established in Samarkand, as it was throughout the entire country."
- "Formerly Samarkand, the city, after the 1991 independence of Uzbekistan, adopted the Uzbek form, Samarqand."
- "Originating in the ancient city of Afrasiab, Samarqand is one of the centers of Tajik culture and history. At the time of the Soviet delimitation of Central Asia in 1924, Samarqand was included in Uzbekistan, where it is a provincial center."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Самарка́нд, سمرقند, 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳