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Kadikoy

Kadikoy

8.9
A district in Istanbul by the sea with lively markets and restaurants
  • proper noun
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  • Many visitors enjoy the vibrant markets and restaurants in Kadikoy when they travel to Istanbul.

Examples

  • The Council of Chalcedon was held in what is today known as Kadikoy.

  • Kadikoy is beautiful.

  • She rented an apartment in Kadikoy because of its lively atmosphere and rich history.

  • I visited Kadikoy during my trip to Istanbul.

  • I felt like I could have spent weeks exploring Kadikoy, a huge seaside district of over half a million people with great shopping, incredible food, colorful street art, and an energetic and progressive sensibility.

  • Shopping is nearly as pleasurable an endeavor in Istanbul as eating, and the sprawling Kadikoy market is a must-see if you're around on a Tuesday or Friday.

  • Deeper into Kadikoy, in the Goztepe neighborhood, I found the restaurant Gaziantep Lahmacun, which specializes in its namesake: a crispy, pizza-like Turkish classic.

Synonyms

Istanbul
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62 3.5

A very large city in Turkey that sits on both Europe and Asia

is the specific district within that city rather than the whole city
Constantinople
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13 8.3

A city now called Istanbul that was the capital of the Byzantine Empire

is a district, not the entire historical capital city
Chalcedon
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1 9.9

An old town on the Bosporus now part of Istanbul and site of a major church council

is the same place now a modern district rather than the ancient town
Byzantium
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1 8.7

An ancient Greek city on the Bosporus that later became Constantinople and now is Istanbul

is the local district rather than the original ancient city

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kadikoy comes from the Turkish parts kadı and köy, where kadı means 'judge' and köy means 'village'. So it originally meant 'village of the judge', which fits the district's history as a once-separate town on the Bosporus.