upcountry

Meanings

Adjective

  • Living or situated remote from the seacoast

Noun

  • The interior of the country.

Adverb

  • Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

Origin

  • Possibly a a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. Surface analysis: up + country.

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