Alföld
Americannoun
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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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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
This occurrence greatly impairs the fertility of some parts of the Alföld.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
The extent of the great lake of prehistoric times is forcibly brought before us by the fact that the Alföld, or great plain of Hungary, comprises an area of 37,400 square miles!
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
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
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