city in NW Romania, near the Hungarian border: pop. 222,000
See Oradea in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ô-rädˈyä)
A city of northwest Romania near the Hungarian border. It was destroyed by the Tartars in 1241 and held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692. Hungary ceded it to Romania in 1919 and again after World War II. Population: 206,000.