Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upcountry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-coun-try
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

noun

The interior of a country.

Uncountable

noun

The part of the country that is at high elevation.

Uncountable

adv

Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: inland"
"an upcountry residence"
"The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians."
"Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland"
"To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry."
"Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa"

Etymology

Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

further (plural) further upcountry (comparative) farther upcountry (comparative) furthest upcountry (superlative) farthest upcountry (superlative)

Phrases

north country

Frequently Paired Words

north country

Synonyms

inland backcountry hinterland high country highlands upland plateau tableland mesa

Antonyms

downcountry

Questions

What does upcountry mean?: Living or situated remote from the seacoast.
Where does upcountry come from?: Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country.

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