backcountrynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbækˌkʌn.tri/us/ˈbækˌkʌn.tri/USa rural or mountain area that is away from cities and has few people:
That night, I camped at Bee Island, one of the park's six backcountry campsites.
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Towns & regions: the countryside
- beauty spot
- bucolic
- bumpkin
- countrified
- country
- countryman
- countryside
- countrywoman
- hillbilly
- hinterland
- land
- out-of-town
- redneck
- rural
- rustic
- stick
- the backwoods
- the boondocks
- wild
- yokel
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