Sogdiana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Sogdiana

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.

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