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Rural

//ˈɹʊə.ɹəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

    "Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … ."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city wordnet
  2. 2
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person from the countryside; a rustic. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.

Etymology 2

From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.

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