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rural area

DEFINITIONS OF: rural area

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n an area outside of cities and towns

Synonyms:
country
Antonyms:
populated area, urban area
a geographical area constituting a city or town
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back country, backwoods, boondocks, hinterland
a remote and undeveloped area
farming area, farmland
a rural area where farming is practiced
countryside
rural regions
scrubland
an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
weald
an area of open or forested country
wold
a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
Type of:
geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
a demarcated area of the Earth
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