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View synonyms for countryside

countryside

[ kuhn-tree-sahyd ]

noun

  1. a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.
  2. its inhabitants.


countryside

/ ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. a rural area or its population


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Word History and Origins

Origin of countryside1

First recorded in 1615–25; country + side 1

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Example Sentences

Cézanne’s landscapes fill out our vision of the countryside that lies between Van Gogh’s stomping grounds in Arles and Saint-Remy, and the Riviera to the east of Aix.

As a trilogy, “Hitman” has traveled from fashion shows to NASCAR races to American suburbia, and now all the way out to China and a sleazy lawyer’s vineyard party in an idyllic countryside.

I remember driving through the countryside as a child and seeing rows and rows of deep red hoshigaki drying in the sun each autumn.

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Australia’s West Coast Wilderness Railway originally opened to help with local mining in Tasmania, but it’s been reincarnated as a way to explore the island’s rainforests and countryside.

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This year’s fires spread quickly, blanketed cities and countryside with choking smoke and disrupted the daily lives of Californians for much of the summer and fall.

“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.

The ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.

Imagine driving through the Scottish countryside, rolling through a vast landscape of green hills and cloudy skies.

Buy a pair of these and traipse around a big city center or off road through the Icelandic countryside.

In 2006, they moved to the countryside, close to the Chinese border.

Behind the shop is another mighty fellow, known all over this countryside as the 'Great Balm of Gilead.'

He wanted to see his possessions, to feel his own earth beneath his feet, to feast his eyes on the glorious countryside.

This the girls did not fully realize until later, when they began to ride around the countryside.

But he never went outside the Walls, by reason of the Armagnacs, who were raiding all the countryside round the city.

There is warmth of summer in both tales, and thrilling air and the beauty of the wild countryside.

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