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SCUTARI

SCUTARI, a town of Turkey in Asia, on the Bosporus, opposite Constantinople; has several fine mosques, bazaars, &c.; large barracks on the outskirts were used as hospitals by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War; has large and impressive cemeteries; chief manufactures are of silks, cottons, &c. Also name of a small town in European Turkey, situated at the S. end of Lake Scutari, 18 by 16 m., in North Albania.


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