Oradea

[aw-rah-dyah]

noun

1. a city in NW Romania.

Oradea

/ oˈradea /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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There were other pluses as well in Oradea.

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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.

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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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