"Sogdiana" meaning in English

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Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Sogdiāna}} Latin Sogdiāna, {{uder|en|grc|Σογδιανή}} Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ), {{m|peo|𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭|ts=Suguda}} 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sogdiana
  1. An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan. Wikipedia link: Sogdiana Categories (place): Provinces of Persia Related terms: Sogdian Translations (an ancient Iranian-speaking civilization): Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ) (Ancient Greek), Սողդիանա (Soġdiana) (Armenian), Սողդ (Soġd) (Armenian), Soqdiana (Azerbaijani), Согдиана (Sogdiana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Sogdiana [feminine] (Catalan), 粟特 (Sùtè) (Chinese Mandarin), Sogdianië (Dutch), Sogdiana (Finnish), Sogdiane [feminine] (French), სოგდიანა (sogdiana) (Georgian), Sogdien (German), Szogdia (Hungarian), Sogdiana [feminine] (Italian), ソグディアナ (Sogudiana) (Japanese), Соғдиана (Soğdiana) (Kazakh), Sogdia (Norwegian), 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (alt: s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/) (Old Persian), Согъд (Soǧd) (Ossetian), 𐭎𐭅𐭂𐭃 (alt: swgd /⁠Suγd⁠/) (Parthian), سغد (soğd) (Persian), Sogdiana [feminine] (Polish), Sogdiana [feminine] (Portuguese), Согдиа́на (Sogdiána) [feminine] (Russian), Согд (Sogd) [masculine] (Russian), Sogdija [feminine] (Slovene), Sogdiana [feminine] (Spanish), Sogdiana (Swedish), Суғд (Suġd) (Tajik), Soğdiana (Turkish), سوغد (soghd) (Uyghur), Sugʻd (Uzbek)

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