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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Alföld

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 M?r J?kai

This plain—the Alföld, as it is called—comprises an area of 37,400 square miles, composed chiefly of rich black soil underlain by water-worn gravel—a significant fact for geologists.

From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse

An intense love of his native scenery, not excepting even the dreary boundless Alföld, afforded inspiration for his genius.

From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse

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 M?r J?kai

This happened when no train crossed the Hortobágy, when throughout the Alföld there was not a railway, and the water of the Hortobágy had not been regulated.

From The Yellow Rose by M?r J?kai