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countryside

  • noun
  • coun·try·side
  • /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/

An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.

Other meanings

  1. Such part of a larger area.

    “We live in the Swedish countryside.”

  2. A rural landscape.

Related words

  • countrysider

Example sentences

  • “The countryside is truly picturesque.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “countryside” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.