up-country

up–country

noun

Definition of UP-COUNTRY

a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country <built a cabin in the up-country>

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

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