Thesaurus results for HINTERLAND

hinterland

noun

ˈhin-tər-ˌland

as in countryside

a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country the colonies hugged the coastline, while the hinterland remained largely unexplored

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Recent Examples of hinterland This is where Asia features, with its vast land and maritime hinterland serving as a huge market and a source of fossil fuel demand, security partnerships (an example of this is discussions underway with India), technology, and people. —

Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee. —

Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026 These Ijaw villages traditionally traded goods with hinterland ethnic groups such as the Igbo and Ibibio. —

Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026 When your security relies on annually conscripting around 24,000 young people and sending them out into the Arctic hinterland, providing a strong sense of support — of home — isn’t mere kind-heartedness. —

Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hinterland

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Surrendering to a relaxing massage with a pungent herbal oil—one treatment among many of Sisley’s top-notch line of Phyto-aromatic beauty products—was in perfect sync with the luxe countryside spirit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Set in a 17th-century château in the French countryside not far from Paris, Smith’s inaugural offering for the luxury house is seen in the campaign through the lens of different generations living together within the same universe.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 June 2026