hinterland
IPA: hˈɪntɝɫænd
noun
- The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
- The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
- A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
- (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
- (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
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Examples of "hinterland" in Sentences
- The hinterland is hilly and woody.
- The covers the west of Crawley and its rural hinterland.
- The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.
- Born in Naples, lives and works in the hinterland of the city.
- So he sets of with the mother into the hinterland to investigate.
- In the coast region was the herring thus less salt then in the hinterland.
- The electorate covers the western suburbs and hinterland of the Gold Coast.
- On the beach, it is just for men and in the hinterland it is danced in pairs.
- Among the slave seekers and explorers of the hinterland were the bandeirantes.
- Being a free port, the city functions as the gateway to the Balkan hinterland.
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