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• back country

語源

From back +‎ country.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbækˌkʌntɹi/

名詞

backcountry (countable and uncountable, plural backcountries)

1. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.

   Synonyms: boondocks (US); backblocks (Australia, NZ), wop-wops (NZ)

   Hypernyms: country; land; area; region; place; location

   Coordinate term: frontcountry

   Near-synonyms: upcountry, interior, hinterland

   • 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 168:

     In the back country of Queensland the average small hotel had only one dining-room, with tables marked ‘first class’ and ‘second class’.

   • 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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