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Oradea
Oradea or Oradea-Mare , Hung. Nagyvárad, Ger. Grosswardein, city (1990 pop. 228,956), W Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş, near the Hungarian border. It is the marketing and shipping center for a livestock and agricultural region. Oradea is also an important industrial city with manufactures of machinery, mining equipment, and chemicals. There are health resorts nearby. The city was made (1083) the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop by King Ladislaus I of Hungary. Destroyed (1241) by the Tatars, it was rebuilt in the 15th cent. Oradea was held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692. Hungary ceded it (1919) to Romania after World War I, but Hungarian forces occupied the city during World War II. About half the population is Magyar. Most of the city's architecture is baroque, dating from the reign of Maria Theresa. |
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"Oradea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Oradea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Oradea.html "Oradea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Oradea.html |
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Oradea
Oradea, Romania Grosswardein, Nagyvárad, Oradea Mare The present name is a Romanian variation of the Hungarian ‘Big Town’ from nagy ‘big’ and vár ‘town’; the earlier German name meant the same. Occupied by the Ottoman Turks in 1660–92, it then fell to the Hungarians before being ceded to Romania in 1919. In 1940 at the Second Vienna Award Hungary again acquired the city, but was forced to return it to Romania in 1945. Thereafter, for a time, it was known as Oradea Mare ‘Big Oradea’ from the Romanian mare ‘big’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Oradea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Oradea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Oradea.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Oradea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Oradea.html |
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