Üsküdar

[ oos-kuh-dahr; Turkish ys-ky-dahr ]

noun

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

Üsküdar

/ ˌuːskuːˈdɑː /

noun

1. 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) Former nameScutari

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

Even some pro-government districts such as Uskudar, where Erdogan has his home, and Fatih, the conservative heart of the old city, switched allegiances in Sunday’s vote.

From Los Angeles Times

But some voters in the AKP-held district of Uskudar in Istanbul said they were switching.

From New York Times

Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote in #Turkeyelections at a polling booth in Uskudar, Istanbul.

From The Guardian

Across the Bosphorus on the Asian side of the city, the imam of the Aziz Mahmud Hudayi mosque in Üsküdar has opened the gates of his house of worship for the strays to take shelter, becoming a social media sensation in the process.

From The Guardian