samarcand

English Thesaurus

1. city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	republic of uzbekistan, uzbek, uzbekistan,
definition	:	a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet (noun.location)