Alföld

[ awl-fuhld ]

/ ˈɔl fəld /

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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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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, too, has a great old yew-tree, one of a row of three in the Fold churchyards.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
From Alfold to Hambledon is five miles as the crow flies, and Dunsfold is almost exactly half way between the two.
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

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