rural
adjective OPAL W
/ˈrʊərəl/
/ˈrʊrəl/
[usually before noun]- connected with or like the countryside
- rural areas
- Belarus is predominantly rural.
- the rural community/population
- a rural economy
- rural America
- a rural way of life
- a small, quiet, rural village
- a rural development program
Wordfinder- isolated
- location
- neighbourhood
- outskirts
- provincial
- residential
- rough
- rural
- suburban
- urban
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2, Buildingsb2- At the end of the 17th century England was still overwhelmingly rural.
- Sri Lanka's predominantly rural population
- the ideal of suburban or semi-rural living
- He grew up in a predominantly rural area.
- Laramie is a small rural town in Wyoming.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin ruralis, from rus, rur- ‘country’.