Definitions for Sogdiana

Sogdiana Sog·di·a·na

Spelling: [sog-dee-ey-nuh, -an-uh]
IPA: /ˌsɒg diˈeɪ nə, -ˈæn ə/

Sogdiana is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 279 anagrams from letters in Sogdiana (aadginos).

Definitions for Sogdiana

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  1. a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.

Examples for Sogdiana

(l) Sogdiana, the territory between the upper Oxus and upper Jaxartes, the latter dividing it from central Asia.

In Sogdiana and Khorasan, they had become converts to the Mahometan faith.

The inhabitants of K'ang (Samarkand or Sogdiana) are said to honour both religions.

These contrasts were most striking on the upper Oxus, in Sogdiana and Margiana.

Alexander conquered both Bactriana and Sogdiana, and planted Grecian cities there.

He appears to have been master not only of Bactria, but also of Sogdiana.

He was in every respect a great prince; he extended his conquests across Sogdiana to the very borders of China.

It was far otherwise with their brethren in Sogdiana; they were there first as conquerors, then as conquered.

The height of the fortress in Sogdiana is double the height of this.

Besides, the possession of the rich trading countries, Bactria and Sogdiana, was in itself an object of vast importance.

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