No. 2,543 in Turkish
ordu
"Ordu" means "army" in English.
In a sentence
Ordu şehrine gitmeyi planlıyoruz.
We plan to go to the city of Ordu.
Here, 'ordu' is used as a proper noun representing the name of a city in Turkey.
Ordu, sınırdaki köyleri korumak için harekete geçti.
The army took action to protect the villages at the border.
In this sentence, 'ordu' refers to the armed forces or military.
Bir ordu gibi düzenli şekilde ilerleyen karıncaları izliyordum.
I was watching ants advancing in an orderly manner like an army.
Here, 'ordu' is used metaphorically to describe a large and organized group.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ordu” in actual Turkish podcasts.
Find “ordu” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Turkish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Türkçe, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Turkish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).