Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- proper noun A city in
Romania .
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Examples
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Raised in the city of Craiova, in southwest Romania, Corina was tested and challenged from the very outset.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Doctors from Craiova hospital in southern Romania said Lacatus 'heart stopped.
Victoria Lacatus Dead: Obese Mom Dies In Romania 5 Months After Giving Birth 2010
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Nicolae Cernea, a doctor from the southern city of Craiova – where Lacatus was hospitalized for a month before delivery – said her case was unique in Romania.
Victoria Lacatus Dead: Obese Mom Dies In Romania 5 Months After Giving Birth 2010
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The engine plant in Cologne, meanwhile, will share the production of a new, small-displacement EcoBoost gasoline engine with the Craiova plant in Romania.
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The cuts will mainly affect Ford's operations in Germany, Spain and its new Romanian manufacturing facility in Craiova.
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Four years later he went to Craiova where he worked at a grocery store for several years.
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He has received "Honoris Causa" Doctorates from the Univ. of Craiova and the Univ. of Iasi.
Orthodox Church Archbishop attacks 'Islamic fanatism' Argent 2006
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A further territorial cession of some 3,000 square miles (southern Dobrudja) was demanded by, and yielded to, Bulgaria (Treaty of Craiova).
1940, June 26 2001
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Mackensen's troops crossed the Danube at Sistova and advanced toward Bucharest, as did Falkenhayn coming from Craiova.
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The other large towns, Craiova, the former capital of Little
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