Orense

[ aw-ren-se ]

/ ɔˈrɛn sɛ /

a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.

Example sentences from the Web for orense

The approach to the city by rail from Orense is simply superb.

The Cathedrals of Northern Spain |Charles Rudy
He was born of hidalgo parents near Orense, where his casa solar stands, still lived in by a Feijo of to-day.

Heroic Spain |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Cf. similar corbel capitals in the nave of the cathedral of Orense in Galicia.

Portuguese Architecture |Walter Crum Watson
At the end of eight days the news came that Soult, having made all his preparations, had left Orense on his march southward.

With Moore at Corunna |G. A. Henty

The line from Leon to Orense also traverses a remarkable series of tunnels, bridges and deep cuttings.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 |Various

Orense

/ (Spanish oˈrense) /

a city in NW Spain, in Galicia on the Miño River: warm springs. Pop: 109 475 (2003 est) Galician name: Ourense