🏞️ To inland areas 🏞️ Inland or rural

upcountry

7.1

Toward the inland part of a country away from the coast and main cities

adverb
/ˈʌpˌkʌntri/

: interior

Many city dwellers travel upcountry during the holidays to escape the heat.

Examples

Most of the coffee plantations are located upcountry where the air is cooler.
The road leads upcountry to a small village.
After graduating, she decided to move upcountry to start a new life.
We traveled upcountry to explore the mountains.
Many city dwellers travel upcountry during the holidays to escape the heat.
Most of the coffee plantations are located upcountry where the air is cooler.
The road leads upcountry to a small village.

Synonyms

in the countryside

vsupcountry

26 1.0

In an area away from towns and cities with farms and small villages

refers to interior or more remote parts rather than any rural area

in the sticks

vsupcountry

7 9.1

A place far from towns where few people live

describes interior areas that are remote but not necessarily very sparse

up-country

vsupcountry

1 6.7

Towards the inland parts of a country away from the coast or big cities

has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen

Antonyms

urban

571 2.5

About a city or town rather than the countryside

coastal

129 2.4

Near the sea or ocean

How Remote

isolated

56 3.8

remote

218 3.6

upcountry

7.1

rural

392 2.5

local

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

upcountry positive

Morphology

upcountry = country (transparent) = up + country

Meaning is directly inferable from 'up' (toward the interior) + 'country' (the inland area), so learners who know the components can derive it. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Upcountry comes from two simple words, up and country, meaning 'toward the inland part of a region.' So when you go upcountry, you travel away from the coast and the big cities into the countryside.