arrière-pays

== French == === Etymology === From arrière- +‎ pays. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ʁjɛʁ.pɛ.i/ ~ /a.ʁjɛʁ.pe.i/ === Noun === arrière-pays m (invariable) hinterland (land immediately next to a coast) === Further reading === “arrière-pays”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012