"hinterland" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/, /-lənd/ Audio: en-au-hinterland.ogg [Australia] Forms: hinterlands [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed 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, such as 19th-century Britain, with maritime supremacy). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Hinterland}} German Hinterland, {{compound|de|hinter|Land|nocat=1|t1=behind|t2=land}} hinter (“behind”) + Land (“land”), {{cog|en|hinder||back, rear}} English hinder (“back, rear”), {{m|en|land}} land, {{m|en|hinderland}} hinderland Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hinterland (countable and uncountable, plural hinterlands)
  1. The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (land immediately next to a coast): rerepaís [masculine] (Catalan), 內地 (Chinese Mandarin), 内地 (nèidì) (Chinese Mandarin), achterland [neuter] (Dutch), binnenland [neuter] (Dutch), sisemaa (Estonian), sisämaa (Finnish), arrière-pays [neuter] (French), Binnenland (German), Hinterland [neuter] (German), Inland [neuter] (German), ενδοχώρα (endochóra) [feminine] (Greek), cúlchríoch [feminine] (Irish), cúltír [feminine] (Irish), retroterra [feminine] (Italian), nutśikowny kraj [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), задгр́бнина (zadgŕbnina) [feminine] (Macedonian), районы вглубь от прибрежной полосы (rajony vglubʹ ot pribrežnoj polosy) (Russian), zaleđe [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), tapusei (Sranan Tongo), inland [neuter] (Swedish), cefnwlad [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hinterland-en-noun-woJPci0h Disambiguation of 'land immediately next to a coast': 95 1 1 1 1
  2. The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (rural territory surrounding urban area): rerepaís [masculine] (Catalan), 郊區 (Chinese Mandarin), 郊区 (jiāoqū) (Chinese Mandarin), platteland [neuter] (Dutch), hinterland [neuter] (Dutch), achterland [neuter] (Dutch), tagamaa (Estonian), talousalue (Finnish), vaikutusalue (Finnish), syrjäseutu (Finnish), arrière-pays [neuter] (French), Umland [neuter] (German), Hinterland [neuter] (German), hinterland (Italian), предгра́дие (predgrádie) [neuter] (Macedonian), пригород (prigorod) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-hinterland-en-noun-gJHFiPFR Disambiguation of 'rural territory surrounding urban area': 3 82 11 2 3
  3. A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (remote or undeveloped area): 偏遠地區 (english: remote area) (Chinese Mandarin), 偏远地区 (piānyuǎn dìqū) (Chinese Mandarin), 落後地區 (english: underdeveloped area) (Chinese Mandarin), 落后地区 (luòhòu dìqū) (Chinese Mandarin), hinterland [neuter] (Dutch), achterland [neuter] (Dutch), ääremaa (Estonian), takamaa (Finnish), peräkylä (Finnish), arrière-pays [neuter] (French), Provinz [feminine] (German), plattes Land [neuter] (German), пусте́лија (pustélija) [feminine] (Macedonian), задгр́бнина (zadgŕbnina) [feminine] (Macedonian), захолу́стье (zaxolústʹje) [neuter] (Russian), глуби́нка (glubínka) [feminine] (Russian), глушь (glušʹ) [feminine] (Russian), avkrok [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hinterland-en-noun-EL69bdfp Disambiguation of 'remote or undeveloped area': 2 9 84 2 2
  4. (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hinterland-en-noun-WaSjynyQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 13 41 10
  5. (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hinterland-en-noun-lfOMy-lN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place, hinderland [dated] Synonyms (the): sticks Related terms: foreland
Disambiguation of 'the': 0 0 0 0 0

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          "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
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          "roman": "predgrádie",
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          "word": "предгра́дие"
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          "ref": "2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC",
          "text": "In the film, Hanks is a veteran traversing the Texas hinterlands during the Reconstruction period when he stumbles upon a lost young white girl (Helena Zengel) who only speaks Kiowa, and is forced to undergo a dangerous journey to bring the orphan to her family.",
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          "roman": "piānyuǎn dìqū",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "落後地區"
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        {
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          "roman": "luòhòu dìqū",
          "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
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          "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
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          "word": "ääremaa"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Provinz"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plattes Land"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pustélija",
          "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пусте́лија"
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          "roman": "zaxolústʹje",
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          "word": "захолу́стье"
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          "ref": "abstract of 2007, Lesley Jeffries, Textual Construction of the Female Body",
          "text": "This approach utilizes concepts such as naming, describing, contrasting and equating to access the hinterland between structure and meaning, and to map out the subtle ways in which texts can naturalise the ideology of the perfect female form."
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
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      "word": "retroterra"
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "задгр́бнина"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rajony vglubʹ ot pribrežnoj polosy",
      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "word": "районы вглубь от прибрежной полосы"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaleđe"
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      "code": "dsb",
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nutśikowny kraj"
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      "sense": "land immediately next to a coast",
      "word": "tapusei"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "郊區"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jiāoqū",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
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      "word": "hinterland"
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      "word": "achterland"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "tagamaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "talousalue"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "vaikutusalue"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "syrjäseutu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
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      "word": "arrière-pays"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
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      "word": "Umland"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "hinterland"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "predgrádie",
      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "предгра́дие"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "rural territory surrounding urban area",
      "word": "пригород"
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      "english": "remote area",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "偏遠地區"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piānyuǎn dìqū",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
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      "english": "underdeveloped area",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "落後地區"
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      "roman": "luòhòu dìqū",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "落后地区"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hinterland"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "achterland"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "ääremaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "takamaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "word": "peräkylä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arrière-pays"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Provinz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plattes Land"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pustélija",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пусте́лија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zadgŕbnina",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "задгр́бнина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxolústʹje",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "захолу́стье"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glubínka",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глуби́нка"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glušʹ",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глушь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remote or undeveloped area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "avkrok"
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    "George Chisholm"
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