Uskudar

• Üsküdar

From Turkish Üsküdar, from Ottoman Turkish اسكدار‎ (Üsküdar). Doublet of Scutari.

Uskudar

1. A quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, formerly known as Scutari.
   • 2000 October 8, Douglas Frantz, “Two Continents, Three Days”, in The New York Times:

     Uskudar is the largest of Istanbul's Asian quarters. Situated on the lower end of the Bosporus, its maze of narrow streets and old wooden houses retain an Oriental flair.