Temesvar
a royal free city of Hungary; consisting of the fortified city or "citadel," with four suburbs; on the pest. It has a fine cathedral, an ancient castle, a magnificent Episcopal residence, manufactures of flour, tobacco, cloth, silk, transit trade in grain, wax, honey, and brandy with Transylvania, Servia, and Rumania. Temesvar has endured a great number of sieges-the latest being that of 1849 1849, when it was besieged and bombarded for 107 days by the Hungarian insurgents, but was relieved by Haynau.
Pop. about 72,500.