| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rural area; area away from city |
Synonyms: |
back country, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, countryside, cow country, farmland, farms, forests, green belt, hinterland, middle of nowhere, outback, outdoors, province, sticks, up country, wide open space, wilderness, wilds, woodlands, woods |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolis, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | countryside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | non-city environment |
Synonyms: |
back roads, boonies, country, environment, land, landscape, non-urban area, scenery, setting, sticks, surroundings, terrain |
| Main Entry: | frontier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexplored, unoccupied area of land |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, backwater, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, hinterland, outback, outskirts, sticks, unknown* |
Antonyms: |
metropolis |
| Main Entry: | hinterland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backcountry |
Synonyms: |
boondocks, boonies, borderland, brush, bush country, frontier, outback, sticks, wasteland, wilderness, woods |
| Main Entry: | back country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undeveloped rural area |
Synonyms: |
back o' beyond, back of beyond, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, godforsaken place, hinterland, outback, the boonies, the sticks, wilderness |
| Main Entry: | wilderness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forest |
Synonyms: |
back country, badland, barrens, boondocks, boonies, bush, desert, forest, hinterland, jungle, no-man's land, outback, primeval forest, sticks, waste, wasteland, wild, wilds |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | backcountry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rural area |
Synonyms: |
boondocks, boonies, bush, farm, hinterlands, sticks |
| Main Entry: | boondocks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | back country |
Synonyms: |
backwoods, boonies, bush, country, hinterland, sticks |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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