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up⋅coun⋅try

[adj., n. uhp-kuhn-tree; adv. uhp-kuhn-tree]
–adjective Chiefly Southern U.S.
1. of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
2. Disparaging. unsophisticated.
–noun
3. the interior of a region or country.
–adverb
4. toward, into, or in the interior of a country: The explorers trekked upcountry.

Origin:
1680–90; up- + country
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up·coun·try   (ŭp'kŭn'trē)   
n.  An inland or upland region of a country.
adj.  Of, located in, or coming from the upcountry.
adv.   also (ŭp-kŭn'trē)
In, to, or toward the upcountry.
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