Samarkand
/ˈsæməkænd/(亦作Samarqand)
- a city in eastern Uzbekistan; pop. 312,900 (est. 2007). One of the oldest cities of Asia, it was founded in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC. It grew to prominence as a prosperous centre of the silk trade, situated on the Silk Road, and in the 14th century became the capital of Tamerlane's Mongol empire.撒马尔罕（乌兹别克斯坦东部城市, 2007年估计人口312,900; 建于公元前三千年或公元前四千年, 为亚洲最古老的城市之一; 由于地处丝绸之路上, 该城发展成为繁荣的丝绸贸易中心, 14世纪时成为帖木儿蒙古帝国的首都）。