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Meanings of the back country in English

Portuguese
sertão
Catalan
sertania
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Isolated area.

        sertão
        Synonyms
        Examples for "hinterland"
        Examples for "hinterland"
        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
        1
        Nor were all the settlers of the Virginia back country emancipated servants.
        Beginnings of the American People
        2
        I They looked to me like peasants of any province's back country.
        A Time of Changes
        3
        Open roads will remain accessible and back country toilets will also remain open.
        Reuters
        4
        The town appears to have considerable trade with the back country.
        Minnesota and Dacotah
        5
        The sawmill lay on the direct trail to the back country.
        The Rules of the Game
        Usage of the back country in English
        1
        More sons are born and western influence is felt in the back country.
        Radio NZ
        2
        At the age of fifteen he had explored the back country for miles roundabout.
        Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
        3
        All the government lots are in the back country, and often wet or stony.
        The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
        4
        In the back country, however, we have a considerable variety.
        A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
        5
        As the sectaries of the back country increased, dissatisfaction with the established church grew.
        The Frontier in American History
        6
        And who will they find to take food from out in the back country?
        A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
        7
        But Lafayette retreated to the back country, till reinforcements came.
        A Brief History of the United States
        8
        I have to cross Baldy 'most every time I go to the back country.
        The Rules of the Game
        9
        We'll send you off to the back country with him.
        Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
        10
        In the back country, 40 millimetres fell last week.
        Radio NZ
        11
        So I left, and struck for the back country.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        12
        He said the Canada Goose bred in small numbers in the lakes of the back country.
        Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down th...
        13
        And now I climb the wall and go out into the back country for a walk.
        Canyons of the Colorado
        14
        But finally, I found an old fellow in the back country who had known old Post.
        The Enchanted Canyon
        15
        Well, for all the time I've been here, I know precious little about the back country.
        In the Midst of Alarms
        16
        From the back country came tar, pitch, turpentine, and beaver, deer, and bear skins for export.
        A Brief History of the United States
        Translations for the back country
        Catalan
        sertania