Countryside

//ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area. countable, uncountable

    "From November 28 to December 8, 1958, the CCP Central Committee held its sixth plenum in Wuhan, Hopei^([sic – meaning Hupei]), and at the end of the session it issued a revealing resolution that declared there had been some misconception about the system and that party committees throughout the countryside should make full use of the five months from December 1958 to April 1959 to tidy up the communes."

  2. 2
    rural regions wordnet
  3. 3
    Such part of a larger area. countable, uncountable

    "We live in the Swedish countryside."

  4. 4
    A rural landscape. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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agricultural regionarable landblack beltcitrus beltcorn beltcotton belt

Example

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"More roads were made, and the countryside was divided into lots."

Etymology

From country + -side.

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