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upcountry
[ adjective noun uhp-kuhn-tree; adverb uhp-kuhn-tree ]
adjective
Chiefly Southern U.S.
- of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
- Disparaging. unsophisticated.
noun
- the interior of a region or country.
adverb
- toward, into, or in the interior of a country:
The explorers trekked upcountry.
upcountry
/ ʌˈʌԳٰɪ /
adjective
- of or coming from the interior of a country or region
- derogatory.lacking the sophistication associated with city-dwellers; countrified
noun
- the interior part of a region or country
adverb
- towards, in, or into the interior part of a country or region
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Now, he said, the lane’s residents are mostly migrants from upcountry.
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A cousin told her father the pair were headed upcountry.
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Meanwhile the virus has spread into more rural areas, including one of the United Nations-run camps upcountry where more than 150,000 civilians still shelter after South Sudan’s civil war ended in 2018.
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“A lot of ladies here working in nightlife are mostly from a poor family or upcountry,” she said.
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He has mapped where farmers can grow coffee next: basically upcountry, where it’s cooler.
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