up-country adverb/adjective - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

/ˌʌpˈkʌn.tri/ adv [before noun] adj

Definition

in the direction of or relating to the parts of a country further from the coast, especially where there are few towns and people

We'll travel up-country by horse tomorrow.

Some people find up-country customs strange.

(Definition of up-country adverb/adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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