Definitions
hinterland Tweet Definition of hinterland Like Definition of hinterland on Facebook
noun 
  1. The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
  2. The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
  3. A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
    • 2007, Lesley Jeffries, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=262132 Textual Construction of the Female Body, abstract
    • : This approach utilizes concepts such as naming, describing, contrasting and equating to access the between structure and meaning, and to map out the subtle ways in which texts can naturalise the ideology of the perfect female form.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, hinterland, n), (t, nl, achterland, n)
Etymology: From Hinterland, from (term, hinter, , behind, lang=de) + (term, land, , land, lang=de).


Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for hinterland for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

     
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.