German

Noun

Hinterland n ‎(genitive Hinterlandes, plural Hinterländer or Hinterlande)

1. hinterland

English

Noun

hinterland ‎(plural hinterlands)

1. The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
2. The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
3. A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
4. (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
5. (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
   • 2007, Lesley Jeffries, Textual Construction of the Female Body, abstract

     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.

Synonyms

• See: Wikisaurus:remote place
• (the) sticks

Translations

See also

• foreland

References

1. ↑ “hinterland”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed 8 September 2015

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪntərlɑnt/

Etymology

From German Hinterland.

Noun

hinterland n ‎(plural hinterlanden, diminutive hinterlandje n)

1. hinterland (rural territory, backwater)

Synonyms

• achterland

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Hinterland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinterland/, [ˈin̪.t̪er̺.l̺an̪d̪]
• Hyphenation: hìn‧ter‧land

Noun

hinterland m ‎(invariable)

1. hinterland, interior