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countryside

American  
[kuhn-tree-sahyd] / ˈkʌn triˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.

  2. its inhabitants.


countryside British  
/ ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. a rural area or its population

"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

Etymology

Origin of countryside

First recorded in 1615–25; country + side 1

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They live in Monte Alto, in the countryside of São Paulo state, and often go to a neighboring town, Jaboticabal, to see capybaras in the urban wild.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

But the Maextro isn’t the product of craftsmen in the English countryside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

They stay in hotels on the beach and villas in the surrounding countryside, and walk through the small shops and restaurants, looking for parties where they can network and be seen.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

This means digging up the plant or bulb in the countryside is against the law and landowners are prohibited from removing bluebells from their land to sell.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

She’d been so agitated by the visions in the doorways that she must have summoned every bit of silver in the surrounding countryside.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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