backland

backland

noun

Definition of BACKLAND

usually backlands pla rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country <they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people>

Synonyms backcountry, backland(s), backwater, backwoods, bush, hinterland, outback, outlands, up-country

Related Words boonies [slang], boondocks, country, countryside, sticks