Noun: back country bak kún-tree
- A remote and undeveloped area
"They built a cabin in the back country, far from civilization";
- backwoods, boondocks [N. Amer, informal], hinterland, back of Bourke [Austral, informal], wop-wops [NZ, informal], the sticks [informal], Woop Woop [Austral, informal], boonies [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: back countries
Type of: country, rural area
Encyclopedia: Back country