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countryside

[kuhn-tree-sahyd]

noun

  1. a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.

  2. its inhabitants.



countryside

/ ˈʌԳٰɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. a rural area or its population

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of countryside1

First recorded in 1615–25; country + side 1
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Dripping gasoline onto dry grass and deliberately setting it ablaze in the California countryside felt wildly reckless, especially for someone whose job involves interviewing survivors of the state’s all too frequent, catastrophic wildfires.

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There's a feeling in Brazil that the boy from the countryside of Sao Paulo may be something else, the kind of player that comes along once a decade and seems destined to the very top.

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Supervised by British soldiers, the agents were kept occupied with a range of tasks including mending boots and salvaging scrap metal from the surrounding countryside.

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"So long as they can get away with it, they will just pass any problems on to our countryside and pocket the money they should be investing in solutions."

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The original, which sees a group of friends investigate a series of murders in the Japanese countryside, is considered a gaming classic.

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