backcountry

backcountry
backcountry [bak′kun΄trē]
n.
an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
adj.
in, from, or characteristic of backcountry

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back·coun·try (băkʹkŭn'trē) n.
A sparsely inhabited rural region.

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