up-countryadverb [ before noun ], adjective
uk/ˌʌpˈkʌn.tri/us/ˌʌpˈkʌn.tri/in the direction of or relating to the parts of a country further from the coast, especially where there are few towns and people:
We'll travel up-country by horse tomorrow.
Some people find up-country customs strange.
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- region
- regional
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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Towns & regions: the countryside