Alföld

[ awl-fuh ld ]

/ ˈɔl fəld /

noun

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

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

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Example sentences from the Web for alfold

Has it ever been noticed that the Alfold, Dunsfold, and Hambledon yews stand almost in a mathematically straight line?
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
Alfold, like Shalford, Abinger and Newdigate, still has its village stocks.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
Alfold almost touches the Sussex boundary, and is perhaps the most out-of-the-way little village in Surrey.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
Alfold, too, has a great old yew-tree, one of a row of three in the Fold churchyards.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker

Of the three, Alfold has hardly begun to grow, Dunsfold straggles, and Chiddingfold sits compact about its sunny green.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker

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