Hinterland
noun
Area behind the coast or the shore of a river, or the area surrounding a town or port, often rural.
The tropical hinterland is the home to many unique species of plants and animals.
Often appears as...
- tropical hinterland
- rural hinterland
noun
The parts of a country or economy that provides support and resources to the urban areas, usually encompassing mining, agriculture and other raw material industries.
The economic prosperity of the city largely depends on the productivity of its hinterland.
Often appears as...
- economic hinterland
- agricultural hinterland
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Economic
noun
Area behind the coast or the shore of a river, or the area surrounding a town or port, often rural.
The tropical hinterland is the home to many unique species of plants and animals.
Often appears as...
- tropical hinterland
- rural hinterland
noun
The parts of a country or economy that provides support and resources to the urban areas, usually encompassing mining, agriculture and other raw material industries.
The economic prosperity of the city largely depends on the productivity of its hinterland.
Often appears as...
- economic hinterland
- agricultural hinterland
Usage tips
Economic
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Rural
Hinterland doesn't exclusively mean rural; it's the area that supports a nearby place.
The industrial hinterland supplies the city with raw materials.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Use
Often used in geography describing often less-developed or less-populated sections of land.
During the hike, they explored the mountainous hinterland.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implication
Sometimes implies a place with fewer amenities compared to urban centers.
Many artists find inspiration in the solitude of the hinterland.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Rural
Hinterland doesn't exclusively mean rural; it's the area that supports a nearby place.
The industrial hinterland supplies the city with raw materials.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Use
Often used in geography describing often less-developed or less-populated sections of land.
During the hike, they explored the mountainous hinterland.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implication
Sometimes implies a place with fewer amenities compared to urban centers.
Many artists find inspiration in the solitude of the hinterland.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Rural
Hinterland doesn't exclusively mean rural; it's the area that supports a nearby place.
The industrial hinterland supplies the city with raw materials.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Use
Often used in geography describing often less-developed or less-populated sections of land.
During the hike, they explored the mountainous hinterland.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implication
Sometimes implies a place with fewer amenities compared to urban centers.
Many artists find inspiration in the solitude of the hinterland.
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Success, failure and the...
in the hinterlands of the psyche. But in both cases, it turns out that there is also the same remedy for self-restoration, and that is that you have got to find your way back home again as swiftly and smoothly as you can, and if you're wondering what your home is, here's a Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself.
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New ways to understand...
same time which means that unlike many other cities which have the benefits of large national hinterlands in many cities which don't have to take care of their national security we do actually have to look at that and I would say that actually it's not just the island that's important but it's the Pfister interconnection amongst the city-state
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
if you will in the the mystery of this place is also the sense that he brought to the project early on that this is a fragile cultural heritage that really demands a significant degree of preservation the nepali state is very poor they have very limited control over the activities that take place in the hinterlands and so there's a
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It’s time to embrace our...
American hinterland but in the 21st century we're moving closer together we're trying to be near one another we're taking advantage of the tremendous advantages that being close to other human beings have now the success of cities in the developing world Dwarfs anything that's going on in the developed world we've just recently
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How we can navigate the...
anything if we can you know those who are able to go out to the pharmacy or whatever can go pick something up it kind of is heartening even though we're all scared you know everybody is frightened of kind of what's happening and what's to come and it's this weird hinterland that we're all in where you
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The architectural wonder...
And the terrain is offered back to the river, as with the monsoon the water swells again. And it's this sort of imagination as a kit of parts that allows this disassembly and the reabsorption of all this material. So the electricity poles go to little villages in the hinterland,
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Carolyn Steel: How food...
Rome in fact used to import oysters from London, at one stage. I think that's extraordinary. So Rome shaped its hinterland through its appetite. But the interesting thing is that the other thing also happened in the pre-industrial world.
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The biggest risks facing...
as severe and as awful as those situations have been, they're a dress rehearsal for what's to come. No city is an island. Every city is connected to its rural hinterland in complex ways -- often, in relation to the production of food.
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Carol Beckwith & Angela...
as from the hinterlands it comes from Earth with a high iron ore content and produces a beautiful rich reddish orange color every morning we used to follow our Cairo girlfriends down to the river where they would wash their bodies in
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Anil Gupta: India's...
in the villages, in the slums, in the hinterland of the country -- who have solved problems through their own genius, without any outside help. When our home minister announces
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Success, failure and the...
in the hinterlands of the psyche. But in both cases, it turns out that there is also the same remedy for self-restoration, and that is that you have got to find your way back home again as swiftly and smoothly as you can, and if you're wondering what your home is, here's a Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself.
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New ways to understand...
same time which means that unlike many other cities which have the benefits of large national hinterlands in many cities which don't have to take care of their national security we do actually have to look at that and I would say that actually it's not just the island that's important but it's the Pfister interconnection amongst the city-state
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
if you will in the the mystery of this place is also the sense that he brought to the project early on that this is a fragile cultural heritage that really demands a significant degree of preservation the nepali state is very poor they have very limited control over the activities that take place in the hinterlands and so there's a
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
American hinterland but in the 21st century we're moving closer together we're trying to be near one another we're taking advantage of the tremendous advantages that being close to other human beings have now the success of cities in the developing world Dwarfs anything that's going on in the developed world we've just recently
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How we can navigate the...
anything if we can you know those who are able to go out to the pharmacy or whatever can go pick something up it kind of is heartening even though we're all scared you know everybody is frightened of kind of what's happening and what's to come and it's this weird hinterland that we're all in where you
Video examples
The architectural wonder...
And the terrain is offered back to the river, as with the monsoon the water swells again. And it's this sort of imagination as a kit of parts that allows this disassembly and the reabsorption of all this material. So the electricity poles go to little villages in the hinterland,
Video examples
Carolyn Steel: How food...
Rome in fact used to import oysters from London, at one stage. I think that's extraordinary. So Rome shaped its hinterland through its appetite. But the interesting thing is that the other thing also happened in the pre-industrial world.
Video examples
The biggest risks facing...
as severe and as awful as those situations have been, they're a dress rehearsal for what's to come. No city is an island. Every city is connected to its rural hinterland in complex ways -- often, in relation to the production of food.
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
as from the hinterlands it comes from Earth with a high iron ore content and produces a beautiful rich reddish orange color every morning we used to follow our Cairo girlfriends down to the river where they would wash their bodies in
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Anil Gupta: India's...
in the villages, in the slums, in the hinterland of the country -- who have solved problems through their own genius, without any outside help. When our home minister announces
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Simon Rattle
English Musician
In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath to be seen there in case people think it is elitist. That is a real shame because it also means we are not allowing our politicians a hinterland that an earlier generation, a Denis Healey, would have taken for granted.
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Vanessa Redgrave
English Actress
My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned in the Sea of Singapore, having been fighting for the Royal Navy behind enemy lines, Japanese lines, in the hinterland of Singapore.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Taking place in some Nordic-looking hinterland where all the seasons are out of whack, 'Game of Thrones' is the most aggressive example since 'Battlestar Galactica' of a genre that's perceived as adolescent aspiring to be fully adult.
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Jacqueline Novogratz
American Businesswoman
In India, we now see many highly qualified professionals ready to work in the rural hinterland and in their own towns and cities to tackle development issues directly without depending much on the government.
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Peter York
British Journalist
There are pop managers, and then there's Simon Cowell, who isn't gay, Jewish or particularly riveting. He's not without interest but he doesn't exactly have the hinterland of, say, Brian Epstein.
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Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
British Politician
Virtually no other state concentrates as much political, economic and cultural power in its capital city. Even Paris is less economically dominant than London and its hinterland.
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Joe Slovo
South African Politician
Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need rescuing from.
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Robert D. Kaplan
American Journalist
Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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Simon Rattle
English Musician
In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath to be seen there in case people think it is elitist. That is a real shame because it also means we are not allowing our politicians a hinterland that an earlier generation, a Denis Healey, would have taken for granted.
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Vanessa Redgrave
English Actress
My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned in the Sea of Singapore, having been fighting for the Royal Navy behind enemy lines, Japanese lines, in the hinterland of Singapore.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Taking place in some Nordic-looking hinterland where all the seasons are out of whack, 'Game of Thrones' is the most aggressive example since 'Battlestar Galactica' of a genre that's perceived as adolescent aspiring to be fully adult.
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Jacqueline Novogratz
American Businesswoman
In India, we now see many highly qualified professionals ready to work in the rural hinterland and in their own towns and cities to tackle development issues directly without depending much on the government.
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Peter York
British Journalist
There are pop managers, and then there's Simon Cowell, who isn't gay, Jewish or particularly riveting. He's not without interest but he doesn't exactly have the hinterland of, say, Brian Epstein.
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Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
British Politician
Virtually no other state concentrates as much political, economic and cultural power in its capital city. Even Paris is less economically dominant than London and its hinterland.
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Joe Slovo
South African Politician
Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need rescuing from.
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Robert D. Kaplan
American Journalist
Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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