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Scutari

American  
[skoo-tuh-ree, skoo-tah-ree] / ˈsku tə ri, ˈsku tɑ ri /

noun

  1. Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).

  2. Italian name of Shkodër.

  3. former name of Üsküdar.


Scutari British  

noun

  1. the former name of Üsküdar

  2. the Italian name for Shkodër

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It was a huge night,” said Nick Scutari, the Democratic Senate president.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2023

Until he does so, Senate President Nicholas Scutari will serve as acting governor if Murphy leaves the state or is incapacitated.

From Washington Times Aug. 12, 2023

Teixeira was a long-time aide to Democratic Senate President Nicholas Scutari, who said last month that he had accepted Teixeira’s resignation pending the tax charges.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2022

Asked when or whether they planned committee hearings on the bill, a spokesman for state Senate President Nicholas Scutari declined comment, and a spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said, ‘We’re working toward a plan.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2022

He resigned the brilliant position which he occupied, became a monk in the monastery of Chrysopolis, that is, Scutari, and, on the death of its abbot, was chosen unanimously to succeed him.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

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