Alföld

American  

[awl-fuhld] / ˈɔl fəld /

noun

1. Also called Great Alföld.  a vast plain in E Hungary, extending to the border of Ukraine and into Serbia and W Romania.

2. Little Alföld.

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Example Sentences

From his outward appearance it was plain that he did not belong to the gentry of the Alföld.

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

One was a pretty young Rascian in her picturesque national costume, the other was a coquettishly clad peasant from the Alföld, of imposingly tall stature.

From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r

The great lowlands, or "Alföld," as the Magyars call them, are surrounded by a chain of mountains whose heights are nearly equal to some Alpine districts.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Here, too, the famous pacers are raised, which are sought for from afar; for not every horse can stand a sandy country, a mountain-bred one, for example, collapses if it once treads an Alföld road.

From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r

Whoever has been caught on the Alföld in a storm knows the meaning of that wind; it means that the tempest is bringing hail with it.

From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)