hinterland
noun
[ ˈhɪntəland ]
• the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.
• "the hinterland of southern Italy"
Similar:
the back of beyond,
the middle of nowhere,
the backwoods,
the wilds,
the bush,
remote areas,
a backwater,
the outback,
the back country,
the backblocks,
the booay,
the backveld,
the platteland,
the sticks,
the boondocks,
the boonies,
the tall timbers,
hicksville,
Woop Woop,
beyond the black stump,
• an area lying beyond what is visible or known.
• "the strange hinterland where life begins and ends"
Origin:
late 19th century: from German, from hinter ‘behind’ + Land ‘land’.
