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Adjective: outback  'awt,bak
  1. Inaccessible and sparsely populated
    "They explored the outback regions of Australia";
    - remote
Noun: outback  'awt,bak
  1. The bush country of the interior of Australia
    "The cattle station was located deep in the outback of Queensland";
    - mulga [Austral, informal], backblocks [Austral]

Derived forms: outbacks

See also: inaccessible, unaccessible [rare]

Type of: bush

Part of: Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert

Encyclopedia: Outback