(the) Wolds

(the) Wolds
the Wolds [the Wolds] noun [pl]
two ranges of hills in north-east England. The range to the north of the River ↑Humber used to be called the Yorkshire Wolds, and is now simply called the Wolds. The range to the south of the Humber is known as the Lincolnshire Wolds.

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