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Upcountry

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Upcountry is an adjective meaning Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

Meaning

Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

More Meanings

  1. The interior of a country.
  2. The part of the country that is at high elevation.
  3. Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: inland
an upcountry residence
Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland
They went upcountry to visit their extended family.

Synonyms for upcountry

Depending on context, synonyms include inland, backcountry, hinterland, highlands, upland, plateau.

inlandbackcountryhinterlandhighlandsuplandplateautablelandmesainteriormidland

Antonyms for upcountry

Common opposites include downcountry.

downcountry

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interior, inland, midland, northerly, north, northward.

interiorinlandmidlandnortherlynorthnorthwardnorthboundupcoastupshoresubmaritimeoutlyinglandsideinlyingupperupstatemidcoastintracoastalonshoresubcoastalcontinental

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