Orense

[ aw-ren-se ]

noun
  1. a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.

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How to use Orense in a sentence

  • At the end of eight days the news came that Soult, having made all his preparations, had left Orense on his march southward.

    With Moore at Corunna | G. A. Henty
  • Orense gave him an opening, and the country was for a moment at his mercy.

    Northern Spain | Edgar T. A. Wigram
  • They take thence a southerly and south-westerly course, until they unite a few miles above Orense.

    Spain | Wentworth Webster
  • Orense, an inland province east of Pontevedra, has a capital of the same name (11,000) on the banks of the Minho.

    Spain | Wentworth Webster
  • This monastic church, at one time owned by Templars, is situated outside the city boundary on the Orense road.

    Cathedral Cities of Spain | William Wiehe Collins

British Dictionary definitions for Orense

Orense

/ (Spanish oˈrense) /


noun
  1. a city in NW Spain, in Galicia on the Miño River: warm springs. Pop: 109 475 (2003 est): Galician name: Ourense

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