countryside
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Synonyms
boondocks, boonies [slang], country, nowhere, sticks
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Our contemporaries are moving—above all from the countryside to the cities of Asia and Africa. — National Geographic, "In the 21st century, we are all migrants," 17 July 2019 Made in a style last popular in the 1800s, the blend of malted and unmalted barley with rye imported from the English countryside provides a mouthfeel that screams vanilla cream, rounded out by mellow notes of clove and spice. — Fortune, "5 Bottles That Will Put You at the Center of Irish Whiskey’s Renaissance," 13 July 2019 Ms Ma Thet Thet Nwe is part of a wave of migrants from the countryside to the city in the past decade. — The Economist, "Myanmar’s countryside is emptying and its cities bursting," 11 July 2019 The buildings mostly date to Japan’s high-growth era of the 1960s and 1970s, when millions of people poured into big cities from the countryside and cities suffered from severe housing shortages. — Kosaku Narioka, WSJ, "Fortress Becomes Japan’s Biggest Private Apartment Landlord With $1 Billion Bet," 18 June 2019 Kate Middleton and Prince William are spending the day in the countryside! — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, "Kate Middleton and Prince William Visit English Countryside Where Kate Vacationed as a Kid," 11 June 2019 Kulig plays Zula, a girl from the countryside who auditions for the Mazurek Ensemble, a troupe devoted to the performance of traditional folk music and, eventually, pro-Stalin propaganda. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, "Joanna Kulig, the Dazzling Star of Cold War, Is About to Have a Very Big Year," 10 Dec. 2018 The three-floor residence has a countryside charm and spans about 5,500 square feet. — Alexis Reliford, refinery29.com, "Taylor Swift's "Cornelia Street" Apartment Is Loaded With The Most Lux Features," 24 Aug. 2019 Looking to spend some time in not-your-country’s-countryside? — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "5 Last-Minute Labor Day Weekend Getaways," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'countryside.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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