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Meanings of hinterland in English

Portuguese
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Catalan
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Spanish
hinterland
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A remote and undeveloped area.

        hinterland

        The suburban area surrounding a city.

              Usage of hinterland in English
              1
              They saw vividly the Jugoslavs in the suburbs and the non-Italian hinterland.
              Public Opinion
              2
              The hinterland of the Province of Ungava is also a Canadian possession.
              A Labrador Doctor / The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfe...
              3
              The French delegation were left to wander through the hinterland like out-castes.
              Quicksilver
              4
              They remain in that mysterious and murky hinterland that can encourage obsession.
              The Irish Times
              5
              The only firing was coming from behind them, from the hinterland-AsphoFields.
              Aspho Fields
              6
              On the journey back to Bilbao the train snaked through the hinterland.
              The Guardian
              7
              Like all such hinterland sciences, it is a happy hunting-ground for adventurers.
              Mankind in the Making
              8
              Next time she stopped, a wife turned up suddenly from the hinterland.
              The Irish Times
              9
              Unlike its eclectic precursors, Balearic and chillout, it lacks an eccentric hinterland.
              The Guardian
              10
              That transformation has already helped spur a spending surge in the hinterland.
              Reuters
              11
              She walked on, along unfamiliar pavements in the hinterland of Harley Street.
              La's orchestra saves the world
              12
              We must live in a hinterland of half darkness, isolated and solipsistic.
              Perdido Street Station
              13
              Conditions in more remote areas in the mountainous hinterland were unknown.
              Reuters
              14
              Like in the West, the hinterland tends to support the right.
              The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
              15
              The developers plan to attract shoppers from a wide area of Gorey's hinterland.
              The Irish Times
              16
              Since then the city has continued to expand southwards into its Waterford hinterland.
              Independent.ie
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