hinterland
The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coastThe land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
» He lives in a small town in the hinterlands.
Er lebt in einer kleinen Provinzstadt.
Он живёт в маленьком захолустном городке.
Он живёт в небольшом захолустном городке.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
Binnenland, Hinterland, Inland
побережьеpoberežʹje
(countable, uncountable)The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
Umland, Hinterland
пригородprigorod
(countable, uncountable)A remote or undeveloped area.
Provinz, plattes Land
захолу́стьеzaxolústʹje, глуби́нкаglubínka, глушьglušʹ
a remote and undeveloped area
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
Near-synonym: shadow
(countable, uncountable)An area of land far from the sea.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
Near-synonym: shadowland
(UK, countable, uncountable)An individual's depth and breadth of knowledge, especially a politician's in areas outside politics, such as of academic, artistic, cultural, literary and scientific pursuits.
Examples
2 sentencesHe lives in a small town in the hinterlands.
ruОн живёт в маленьком захолустном городке.
deEr lebt in einer kleinen Provinzstadt.
Gdansk has the best hinterland connections into Central and Eastern Europe.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
Borrowed from German Hinterland, from hinter (“behind”) + Land (“land”), cognate to EnglisBorrowed from German Hinterland, from hinter (“behind”) + Land (“land”), cognate to English hinder (“back, rear”) + land. First used in English in 1888 by George Chisholm in his work Handbook of Commercial Geography originally as hinderland, but the current spelling (following German) became more popular. The term is characteristic of a thalassocratic analysis of space (from the point of view of a nation with maritime supremacy, such as 19th-century Britain).
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Forms
plural: hinterlandsSynonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable