countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd 
1
: a rural area
2
: the inhabitants of a countryside
Examples of countryside in a Sentence
We took a long drive through the open countryside.
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
Recent Examples on the Web
Customize your own Eames lounger, gawk at buildings by world-famous architects and hang out in a model home full of iconic designs
In the countryside where Germany meets France and Switzerland, modernism superfans can live out their most indulgent aesthetic fantasies.
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Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Bourgeois is a French word for a person from a town in the countryside.
—Benjamin Nugent, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety The movie follows Sweeney as an American nun, Sister Cecilia, who transfers to a convent in the Italian countryside.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
During the summers, the family would retreat to a house in the Tuscan countryside and make trips to see the works of the Florentine masters.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
What’s the difference between the French countryside and that of Yolo County?
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
For a dozen years, Beja and Stone had grazed peacefully together, the only horses remaining in the pastures of Dogwood Farm, an open-air dog boarding facility and rescue center in the Maryland countryside.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Sting, as of 2005, owned at least seven homes — one in New York, one in Los Angeles, two in London, two in the English countryside and a 20-room, 600-acre estate in Tuscany, Italy.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
For those that can afford them, the large villas at Whitmore Heath offer the tranquillity of the countryside within striking distance of urban centers like Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford, an hour’s drive north of Birmingham, the largest city in the English Midlands.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Bourgeois is a French word for a person from a town in the countryside.
—Benjamin Nugent, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety The movie follows Sweeney as an American nun, Sister Cecilia, who transfers to a convent in the Italian countryside.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
During the summers, the family would retreat to a house in the Tuscan countryside and make trips to see the works of the Florentine masters.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
What’s the difference between the French countryside and that of Yolo County?
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
For a dozen years, Beja and Stone had grazed peacefully together, the only horses remaining in the pastures of Dogwood Farm, an open-air dog boarding facility and rescue center in the Maryland countryside.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Sting, as of 2005, owned at least seven homes — one in New York, one in Los Angeles, two in London, two in the English countryside and a 20-room, 600-acre estate in Tuscany, Italy.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
For those that can afford them, the large villas at Whitmore Heath offer the tranquillity of the countryside within striking distance of urban centers like Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford, an hour’s drive north of Birmingham, the largest city in the English Midlands.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryside. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd
: a rural area or its people
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