No. 3,938 in Turkish
beşiktaş
"Beşiktaş" means "cradle stone" and refers to a district in Istanbul, Turkey.
In a sentence
Beşiktaş İstanbul'un bir semtidir.
Beşiktaş is a district of Istanbul.
The term 'Beşiktaş' is used as a proper noun referring to a specific location in Istanbul.
Beşiktaş bugün Galatasaray ile futbol maçı oynayacak.
Beşiktaş will play a football match against Galatasaray today.
Here, 'Beşiktaş' refers to the sports club's football team.
Teyzemle Beşiktaş'ta güzel bir kafede buluştuk.
I met with my aunt at a nice café in Beşiktaş.
In this context, 'Beşiktaş' is again denoting the district as the location of the meeting.
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