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back country

–noun
1. a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.
2. Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station.

Origin:
1740–50


back-country, adjective
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back·coun·try   (bāk'kŭn'trē)   
n.  A sparsely inhabited rural region.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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