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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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The sweeping wins were driven by a rare coalition of voters across nearly all walks of American life, in cities and countryside, from the rural Midwest and Deep South to a traditionally conservative mid-Atlantic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

She said: "Everybody needs to manage the countryside together, and we'll do the work and set out the policies and strategies in order to do so."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Witch-hunters roamed the British countryside in search of victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

It was probably a foregone conclusion that the six Mitford sisters would grow up to be women of distinct character, given their idiosyncratic upbringing in the English countryside between the two world wars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They reminded him of his childhood and living in the countryside, where horses were the only means of transportation.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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