Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hinterland"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hinterland \Hin"ter*land`\, n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.]
The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term
is used esp. with reference to the so-called
{doctrine of the hinterland}, sometimes advanced, that
occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive
right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying
inland of the coast.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hinterland
n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {backwoods}, {back
country}, {boondocks}]
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