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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesarrière-pays
Pronunciation / Transliteration: arriere-pays
"Ils ont exploré l'arrière-pays montagneux à pied."
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A remote, undeveloped area far from cities and towns, often difficult to access.
"They went hiking and camping deep in the backcountry."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Compound of 'back' (remote or in the rear) and 'country' (land or region), first used in American English in the 18th century to describe remote, undeveloped rural areas lying away from settled coastal regions.
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arrière-pays
Transliteration: arriere-pays
"Ils ont exploré l'arrière-pays montagneux à pied."
Hinterland
Transliteration: Hinterland
"Die Skifahrer machten eine Tour im unberührten Hinterland."
entroterra
Transliteration: entroterra
"Hanno fatto un'escursione nell'entroterra selvaggio."
zona rural remota
Transliteration: zona rural remota
"El sendero atraviesa una zona remota de la montaña."
sertão
Transliteration: sertao
"Eles acamparam nas profundezas do sertão."
दura-दराज़ इलाका
Transliteration: dura-daraz ilaqa
Script: दूर-दराज इलाका
"वे इस दूर-दराज इलाके में ट्रेकिंग के लिए गए।"
偏远地区
Transliteration: piānyuǎn dìqū
"他们去偏远山区进行了一次徒步旅行。"
오지
Transliteration: oji
"우리는 그 오지로 백패킹 여행을 떠났다."
人里離れた地域
Transliteration: hitoribanareta chiiki
"彼らは人里離れた山岳地帯でキャンプをした。"
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