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

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 Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

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

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 R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

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

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 Andrew F. Crosse

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