Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
upcountry en · ADJ
Etymology
Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Living or situated remote from the seacoast.
Near-synonym: inland
The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians.
2010 Fall, George R. Lamplugh, “James Gunn”, in Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 94, number 3, pages 313–341:an upcountry residence
Antonyms
downcountry
Synonyms
inland
upcountry en · ADV
Etymology
Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.
According to Dr Christy in 1931, the authorities in Monrovia had deliberately banned all freelance travel upcountry by outsiders […]
2010 Oct, Tim Butcher, “Our Man in Liberia”, in History Today, volume 60, number 10, pages 10–17:Near-synonym: inland
They went upcountry to visit their extended family.
Forms
Antonyms
downcountry
Synonyms
inland
upcountry en · NOUN
Etymology
Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The interior of a country.
Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland
To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry.
2010 Fall, George R. Lamplugh, “James Gunn”, in Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 94, number 3, pages 313–341:
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(uncountable, usually) The part of the country that is at high elevation.
Within the focus on the colonial South, there are works that detail regional differences in social organization between the backcountry (frontier), upcountry (Appalachia, Piedmont), and lowcountry (plantation).
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 153:Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa
Forms
Hypernyms
land · area · land · place · location · country · region · location · region · place · area · country
Relateds
north country
Synonyms
tableland · hinterland · upland · highlands · plateau · high country · backcountry · mesa