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Craiova

city in SW Romania: pop. 304,000

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(krə-yōˈvə, krä-yôˈvä)

A city of southwest Romania west of Bucharest. Built on the site of a Roman settlement, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1790 and burned by the Turks in 1802. Population: 300,000.

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