What does up country mean?
Up country means Living or situated remote from the seacoast..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Living or situated remote from the seacoast..
Near-synonym: inland
an upcountry residence
The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians.
Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland
To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry.
Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa
Within the focus on the colonial South, there are works that detail regional differences in social organization between the backcountry (frontier), upcountry (Appalachia, Piedmont), and lowcountry (plantation).
They went upcountry to visit their extended family.
Use up country when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Up country means Living or situated remote from the seacoast..
Common synonyms include inland, backcountry, hinterland, high country.
Possible antonyms include downcountry.
Near-synonym: inland
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