upcountry

American  

[uhp-kuhn-tree, uhp-kuhn-tree] / ˈʌpˌkʌn tri, ʌpˈkʌn tri /

adjective

Chiefly Southern U.S.

1. of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.

2. Disparaging. unsophisticated.

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noun

1. the interior of a region or country.

adverb

1. toward, into, or in the interior of a country.

   The explorers trekked upcountry.

upcountry British  

/ ʌpˈkʌntrɪ /

adjective

1. of or coming from the interior of a country or region

2. derogatory lacking the sophistication associated with city-dwellers; countrified

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noun

1. the interior part of a region or country

adverb

1. towards, in, or into the interior part of a country or region

Etymology

Origin of upcountry

First recorded in 1680–90; up- + country

Example Sentences

In the upcountry Kula area, at least two homes were destroyed Tuesday in a fire that engulfed about 1.7 square miles, Bissen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

The act was so within the norms of Southern upcountry society that the townspeople later made Forrest both constable and coroner, as well as a lieutenant in the state militia.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2022

A cousin told her father the pair were headed upcountry.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2020

She had been upcountry when the children’s parents died and wanted to see how they were doing.

From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2014

The phalanx following carried spears or lances tasseled with ribbons, the long blades hammered out of trucksprings in some crude forge upcountry.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy