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hinterland

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hin⋅ter⋅land

  [hin-ter-land]
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–noun
1. Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
2. the land lying behind a coastal region.
3. an area or sphere of influence in the unoccupied interior claimed by the state possessing the coast.
4. an inland area supplying goods, esp. trade goods, to a port.
Origin:
1885–90; < G: lit., hinder land, i.e., land behind
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hin·ter·land   (hĭn'tər-lānd')   
n.  

  1. The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast.

    1. A region remote from urban areas; backcountry.

    2. A region situated beyond metropolitan centers of culture.


[German : hinter, behind (from Middle High German, from Old High German hintar; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + Land, land (from Middle High German lant, from Old High German; see lendh- in Indo-European roots).]
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hinterland

tributary region, either rural or urban or both, that is closely linked economically with a nearby town or city.

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