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.
Example Sentences
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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
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 Crosse, Andrew F.
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
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)
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 Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
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