up country (noun) country: rural area; area away from city
Detalii: country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person'a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically
Sinonime: back country, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, countryside, cow country, farmland, farms, forests, green belt, hinterland, middle of nowhere, outback, outdoors,
province, sticks, up country, wide open space,
wilderness, wilds, woodlands, woods
Antonime: city,
metropolis, urbanity