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upcountry

The English word “upcountry” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

noun

  1. The interior of a country.
  2. The part of the country that is at high elevation.

adverb

  1. Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

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.

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