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countryside
CIDE DICTIONARY
countryside, n.
A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
countryside, n.
1 a a rural area. b rural areas in general.
2 the inhabitants of a rural area.
1 a a rural area. b rural areas in general.
2 the inhabitants of a rural area.
THESAURUS
countryside
agricultural region, arable land, black belt, citrus belt, corn belt, cotton belt, dust bowl, farm belt, farm country, farmland, fruit belt, grass roots, grassland, grazing region, highlands, lowlands, meadows and pastures, moors, plains, prairies, province, provinces, rural district, rustic region, steppes, the country, the soil, the sticks, tobacco belt, uplands, veld, wheat belt, wide-open spaces, woodland, woods and fields, yokeldomFor further exploring for "countryside" in Webster Dictionary Online