backlands

noun

Definition of backlandsnext
plural of backland
as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlands
  1. countryside
  2. bush
  3. hinterland
  4. country
  5. backwater
  6. frontier
  7. outback
Noun
  • The British royals have celebrated Christmas at their private home in the Norfolk countryside for generations, and fans were heartened to see the tradition continue on the heels of a difficult year in which Charles and Kate were both diagnosed with cancer.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Pack this one for your next trip to the French countryside.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of countryside
Noun
  • In the Key of Ursa Minor Matthew Tierney Three fake plastic bushes per sill in the mall promenade.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
  • They will be buried together in their garden at home, among the kumquat tree and blueberry bushes, the white azaleas and roses, and the pollinator plants.
    Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Brody’s characters teem with contradictions and inner hinterlands; patience gives way to explosive anger, smiles curve inward; his brow furrows articulately as any monologue.
    Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Globalization creates wealth by enticing dynamic urban centers in richer countries to invest abroad rather than in hinterlands at home.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
Definition of hinterland
Noun
  • The geopolitical consequences are profound, especially as a new president prepares to take office: If Russia, or any other country, were found culpable for violent attacks on U.S. government personnel, Washington would likely feel compelled to forcefully respond.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • And researchers continue to conduct challenge trials with the goal of developing better vaccines than the ones on the market and now want to expand trials to other countries.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of country
Noun
  • Why are the Ukrainians risking lives and resources on a comparatively meaningless action in a sector that’s a relative backwater, when critical Ukrainian strongpoints in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are under relentless Russian assault?
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But even as ties have grown in recent years, Washington’s foreign policy establishment still considers Africa to be a strategic backwater.
    Ken Opalo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of backwater
Noun
  • The American frontier was a brutal place, but no more brutal than a zombie apocalypse.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • America at the frontier of energy security and energy technology, finally fighting to win the global competition and pulling along jobs and opportunity at the local level.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of frontier
Noun
  • True to its name, this extraordinary conflict saw armed soldiers pitted against emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), large flightless birds native to the Australian outback.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Watch on Hulu The Royal Hotel Ozark star Julia Garner reunites with director Kitty Green (The Assistant) for this taut psychological thriller in which BFFs Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) decide to backpack their way through the Australian outback.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of outback
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