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rural adjective [ ˈrʊər(ə)l ]

• in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
• "remote rural areas"
Similar: country, countryside, pastoral, rustic, bucolic, agricultural, farming, agrarian, Arcadian, sylvan, georgic, agrestic, exurban,
Opposite: urban, city, town,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin ruralis, from rus, rur- ‘country’.


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