Question: What city on the Silk Road means "Sandy place" in Persian?
Sentence (from "Samarkand"): Samarkand (Uzbek: "Samarqand" ; Persian: سمرقند‎ ‎ ; Cyrillic/Russian: "Самарканд" ), alternatively Samarqand or Samarcand, is a city in modern-day Uzbekistan and is one of the oldest inhabited cities in Central Asia.
Relevant evidence: Yes