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cottage country

British  

noun

  1. any lakeside region where many country cottages are located

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The show also contains numerous Canadian references — cottage country, loons, McGill University — which would have not made sense outside of the Great White North.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2026

For generations of Ontarians, particularly those in the Toronto area, getting away from it all meant going north to so-called cottage country.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2016

Plus, they're on like 1,100 acres in some of the most sought-after cottage country in Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

Craphound spotted the sign — his karma, plus the goggles in his exoskeleton, gave him the advantage when we were doing 80 kmh on some stretch of back-highway in cottage country.

From Craphound by Doctorow, Cory

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