Hinterland

/ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/

Synonyms for "hinterland" (105 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

6 entries
countrydomainfieldgeographic regionregionrural area

More specific

6 entries
agricultural hinterlandindustrial hinterlandintellectual hinterlandpolicy hinterlandport hinterlandscientific hinterland

Collocations

6 entries
economic hinterlandgeographic hinterlandhinterland economyindustrial hinterlandport hinterlandrural hinterland

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The enterprise of an already distant past had brought every land under civilization. The Sahara was a lake district, crowded with sun-proud holiday resorts. The arctic islands of Canada, ingeniously warmed by directed tropical currents, were the homes of vigorous northerners. The coasts of Antarctica, thawed in the same manner, were permanently inhabited by those engaged in exploiting the mineral wealth of the hinterland.

Source: tatoeba (8877800)

Gdansk has the best hinterland connections into Central and Eastern Europe.

Source: tatoeba (8955027)

Looking through family photographs at his home in Leeds, England, Gordon Bonner, 86, said he was lost in a “hinterland of despair and desolation.”

Source: tatoeba (9698842)

In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.

More for "hinterland"