city in W European Russia, on the Oka: pop. 348,000
See Orel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ô-rĕlˈ, ō-rĕlˈ, ôr-yôlˈ)
A city of western Russia on the Oka River south of Moscow. Founded in 1564 as a fortified settlement to protect the southern border of Muscovy against the Tartars, it is today an industrial center and a railroad junction. Population: 329,000.