Oradea

[ aw-rah-dyah ]

noun

1. a city in NW Romania.

Oradea

/ oˈradea /

noun

1. an industrial city in NW Romania, in Transylvania: ceded by Hungary (1919). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est) German nameGrosswardein Hungarian nameNagyvárad

Example Sentences

Mihai Jurca, Oradea’s city manager, detailed the area’s appeal during a tour of the turreted confection of Art Nouveau buildings in the renovated city center.

From New York Times

This 50-acre plot in Oradea, Romania, close to the border with Hungary, beat out scores of other sites in Europe to become the home of Nokian Tyres’ new 650 million-euro, or $706 million, factory.

From New York Times

Oradea, the top recommendation, ultimately offered a better balance among the company’s competing priorities.

From New York Times

There were other pluses as well in Oradea.

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Andujar’s father and most of her paternal family were sent to the Oradea Ghetto in Transylvania before being deported to Auschwitz in Poland and Dachau in Germany, where they were all killed.

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