hinterland

== English == === Alternative forms === hinderland (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hinterland, from hinter (“behind”) +‎ Land (“land”), cognate to English hinder (“back, rear”) + land. First used in English in 1888 by George Chisholm in his work Handbook of Commercial Geography originally as hinderland, but the current spelling (following German) became more popular. The term is characteristic of a thalassocratic analysis of space (from the point of view of a nation with maritime supremacy, such as 19th-century Britain). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/, /-lənd/ === Noun === hinterland (countable and uncountable, plural hinterlands) The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast. Hypernyms: land; area; region; place; location The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port. Hypernyms: land; area; region; place; location A remote or undeveloped area. Synonyms: backwater, sticks; see also Thesaurus:remote place Hypernyms: land; area; region; place; location Coordinate terms: borderland, edgeland (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone. Hypernym: mystery Near-synonym: shadow An area of land far from the sea. Hypernyms: land; area; region; place; location Synonyms: interior, backcountry (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood. Hypernym: mystery Near-synonym: shadowland abstract of 2007, Lesley Jeffries, Textual Construction of the Female Body: This approach utilizes concepts such as naming, describing, contrasting and equating to access the hinterland between structure and meaning, and to map out the subtle ways in which texts can naturalise the ideology of the perfect female form. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== foreland === References === “hinterland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Dutch == === Etymology === From German Hinterland. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɪntərlɑnt/ === Noun === hinterland n (plural hinterlanden, diminutive hinterlandje n) hinterland (rural territory, backwater) ==== Synonyms ==== achterland == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hinterland. === Pronunciation === (aspirated or mute h) IPA(key): /in.tɛʁ.lɑ̃d/ === Noun === hinterland m (plural hinterlands) hinterland === Further reading === “hinterland”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hinterland. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.ter.land/ Rhymes: -interland Hyphenation: hìn‧ter‧land === Noun === hinterland m (invariable) hinterland, interior === References === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hinterland. === Noun === hinterland n (plural hinterlanduri) hinterland ==== Declension ====