backcountry

backcountry

See also: back country

English

Alternative forms

• back country

Etymology

back +‎ country

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌkʌntri/

Noun

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.

Translations

remote region

Chinese: Mandarin: 窮鄉僻壤／穷乡僻壤 (zh) (qióngxiāngpìrǎng) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: syrjäseutu (fi) Italian: entroterra rurale f Portuguese: mato (pt) m Russian: захолу́стье (ru) n (zaxolústʹje), глуби́нка (ru) f (glubínka) Spanish: andurriales Swedish: obygd (sv) c

See also

• wop-wops
• hinterland