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Noun: backwoods  ,bak'wûdz or 'bak,wûdz
  1. A remote and undeveloped area
    - back country, boondocks [N. Amer, informal], hinterland, back of Bourke [Austral, informal], Woop Woop [Austral, informal], the sticks [informal], wop-wops [NZ, informal], boonies [N. Amer, informal]

Type of: country, rural area

Encyclopedia: Backwoods