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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieszona rural
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zona rural
"Crecieron en las zonas rurales apartadas."
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Remote, unsettled, or heavily wooded regions far away from towns and cities.
"They decided to build a secluded cabin deep in the backwoods."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in North America in the early 18th century as a combination of 'back' (remote or behind) and 'woods' (forest), referring to the remote, heavily wooded areas lying behind the newly settled frontier.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "backwoods" is said worldwide
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arrière-pays
Transliteration: arriere-pays
"Ils vivent dans l'arrière-pays sauvage."
Hinterwald
Transliteration: Hinterwald
"Ihr Haus liegt abgelegen im Hinterwald."
entroterra
Transliteration: entroterra
"Si sono persi nei boschi dell'entroterra."
zona rural
Transliteration: zona rural
"Crecieron en las zonas rurales apartadas."
sertão
Transliteration: sertao
"Eles acamparam longe na mata do sertão."
जंगल का दूरस्थ इलाका
Transliteration: jungle ka durastha elaka
"वे जंगल के दूरस्थ इलाके में रहते हैं।"
偏远山区
Transliteration: piānyuǎn shānqū
"他们搬到了人迹罕至的偏远山区。"
오지
Transliteration: oji
"그들은 깊은 오지에 작은 오두막을 지었다."
奥地
Transliteration: okuchi
"彼らは森林の奥地に住んでいる。"
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