hinterland
Often hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
the land lying behind a coastal region.
an area or sphere of influence in the unoccupied interior claimed by the state possessing the coast.
an inland area supplying goods, especially trade goods, to a port.
Origin of hinterland
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How to use hinterland in a sentence
“Flight” is ably adapted by Oliver Emanuel from Caroline Brothers’ 2012 novel “hinterland.”
‘Flight,’ an astonishing tale told using diorama and figures | Patrick Folliard | January 12, 2022 | Washington BladeIt will need expansions of transmission lines to link sun-beaten western Rajasthan to the hinterland, where coal is still king.
India says it will reach net-zero emissions by 2070. Can renewables meet the growing demand of more than 1 billion people? | Gerry Shih, Brady Dennis | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostAt first, the rural hinterlands of these newly booming metro areas grew alongside them.
Our urban/rural political divide is both new — and decades in the making | Guian McKee | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostMillions of daily wage workers—estimates range from 10 million to 80 million—scrambled to return to their homes in the rural hinterland, but with public transport closed, many were forced to walk hundreds of kilometers.
What went so wrong with covid in India? Everything. | Sonia Faleiro | July 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewNext morning, our quest took us into outdoorsy hinterlands, past ski resorts and a tree-fringed lake.
Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina | Barbara Noe Kennedy | May 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Utah, USA Brigham Young was definitely onto something when he sought to build his Mormon “Zion” in the rugged hinterland of Utah.
Why Your Next Vacation Will Be in Turkmenistan | Brandon Presser | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a new phenomenon for girls from the hinterland to leave home to work or study, to have male friends.
India’s Fatal Rape Was Typical in a Country That Degrades Women | Anuradha Roy | January 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWould it sever a future Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem from its West Bank hinterland?
Disingenuous Defenses of Netanyahu's Settlement Plans | Lara Friedman | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was necessary to cleanse the hinterland and cleanse the border areas and cleanse the main roads.
Of Herrings and Elephants: Benny Morris and "Palestinian Rejectionism" | Daniel Levy | April 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTUnemployment spreads from State to State, the hinterland now settled that, in pioneer days gave an avenue of escape.
The Wall Street Journal: Unwitting Advocates of Single-Payer | David Frum | March 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNot much use as the high crests hid the intervening hinterland from view, even from the crow's nests.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonFrom the hinterland in a vast solid stream the ice flowed, with heavily crevassed downfalls near the coast.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAs the ice of the hinterland moves forward, it plucks fragments from the rocky floor.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThere was no mark by which to steer, except a "water-sky" to the north, the hinterland being clouded over.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThis vast block of ice originates fundamentally from the glacial flow over the southern hinterland.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for hinterland
/ (ˈhɪntəˌlænd) /
land lying behind something, esp a coast or the shore of a river
remote or undeveloped areas of a country
an area located near and dependent on a large city, esp a port
Origin of hinterland
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