Maracanda

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαράκανδα (Marákanda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.raˈkan.da/, [märäˈkän̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.raˈkan.da/, [märäˈkän̪d̪ä]

Proper noun

Maracanda f sg (genitive Maracandae); first declension

1. The capital of Sogdiana, now Samarkand

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Maracanda
genitive	Maracandae
dative	Maracandae
accusative	Maracandam
ablative	Maracandā
vocative	Maracanda
locative	Maracandae

References

• “Maracanda”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly