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out-country

American

[out-kuhn-tree] / ˈaʊtˌkʌn tri /

noun

a remote area or region; hinterland.

Etymology

Origin of out-country

First recorded in 1630–40

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Then calm crept back to La Paz, but new violence broke out the next day in out-country Cochabamba and Oruro.

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