hinterlands
noun
Meaning
- The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
- The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
- A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
- That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
- Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
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