Arad

[ ah-rahd ]

noun

1. a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
2. a town in southern Israel: site of ancient Canaanite town.

Arad

/ ˈæræd /

noun

1. a city in W Romania, on the Mureş River: became part of Romania after World War I, after belonging successively to Turkey, Austria, and Hungary. Pop: 155 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Despite the security concerns, this Israeli Olympic team has a chance to be the best in its country’s history, with Olympic Committee president Yael Arad, a former jukoda and Israel’s first Olympic medalist in 1992, predicting the country will win four or five medals in France.

From Los Angeles Times

“We want our athletes to come and work, to compete,” said Arad, speaking at the same Tel Aviv news conference at which Zohar appeared.

From Los Angeles Times

Israel's ambulance service said a seven-year-old Bedouin girl had been injured by shrapnel from falling debris in the southern Arad region and it has been reported she has undergone surgery.

From BBC

They included a seven-year-old girl from a Bedouin Arab community near the southern town of Arad, who was reported to have been injured by shrapnel after an Iranian drone was intercepted overhead.

From BBC

For starters, there’s everything around the Perelman: office towers from the Make-It-Blast-Proof School of Architecture; Santiago Calatrava’s mystifying winged transit hub; the sunken pools of the 9/11 Memorial, designed by Michael Arad, with landscape by Peter Walker.

From Los Angeles Times