back country

back country

n Austral and NZ land remote from a town or settled area

back′ coun`try

n. a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area. [1740–50] back′-coun`try, adj.

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Noun

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back country - a remote and undeveloped area backwoods, boondocks, hinterlandrural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"