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sogdiana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
sog-di-ana
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.

Etymology

From Latin Sogdiāna, from Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ). Compare the Old Persian name of the region 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/). More at Sogdia. By surface analysis, Sogdia + -ana.

Frequently Paired Words

Sogdian

Questions

What does sogdiana mean?
An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.
Where does sogdiana come from?
From Latin Sogdiāna, from Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ). Compare the Old Persian name of the region 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/). More at Sogdia. By surface analysis, Sogdia + -ana.

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