OVIEDA, a genus of the angiospermia order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 40th order, Perforate. See BOTANY Index.

OVIEDO, a town of Spain, and capital of Asturias d'Oviedo, with a bishop's see, and an university; seated at the confluence of the rivers Ove and Deva, which which form the Asta, 50 miles north-west of Leon, and 288 north west of Madrid. W. Long. 5. 47. N. Lat. 43. 23.