backcountry

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Etymology

From back +‎ country.

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backcountry (countable and uncountable, plural backcountries)

  1. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
    Coordinate term: frontcountry
    • 2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:
      Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight.
    • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 159:
      Even his family didn't know exactly where he was; he'd told them Thorndike, but he hadn't mentioned that he was heading to the backcountry, and he hadn't s[ecofoed how long he'd be away;

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