Üsküdar

American  

[oos-kuh-dahr, ys-ky-dahr] / ˌʊs kəˈdɑr, ˌüs küˈdɑr /

noun

1. a town in NW Turkey, on the Asian shore of the Bosporus: a suburb of Istanbul.

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Üsküdar British  

/ ˌuːskuːˈdɑː /

noun

1. Former name: Scutari.  a town in NW Turkey, across the Bosporus from Istanbul: formerly a terminus of caravan routes from Syria and Asia; base of the British army in the Crimean War. Pop: 495 118 (2000)

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Example Sentences

Sultan Tarlaci, a professor of medicine at Üsküdar University in Turkey, takes seriously the many-worlds hypothesis, which holds that all the possibilities described by quantum equations are realized in other universes branching off ours.

From Scientific American • Dec. 24, 2022

The day after Erdoğan's rally, I explored Üsküdar, a conservative neighborhood on Istanbul's Asian side.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2013

The newspapers were all talking, when I visited, about a new "hip" mosque in the Üsküdar area, said to be the first such building designed by a woman.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2011

So I stepped on to a ferry in Eminönü, in Europe, and went across to Üsküdar, in Asia.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2011