= back country, n.
| 单词 | θ158555 |
| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > back country or hinterland (6) backland1683 = back country, n. back country1746 The country lying towards or in the rear of a settled district. back blocks1872 Land in the remote and sparsely inhabited interior. Also, land distant or cut off from a river-front. Also (esp. in singular) attributive or adj. hinterland1890 The district behind that lying along the coast (or along the shore of a river); the ‘back country’. Also applied spec. to the area lying behind a… back1897 Short for back blocks, n., back country, n. gramadoelas1950 A remote rural region; the backwoods, the ‘sticks’. Cf. bundu, n. |
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