countryside

[ kuhn-tree-sahyd ]

noun

1. a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.
2. its inhabitants.

countryside

/ ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. a rural area or its population

Word History and Origins

Origin of countryside¹

First recorded in 1615–25; country + side ¹

Example Sentences

In Steve McQueen’s big-budget “Blitz,” Ronan plays resilient single mother Rita, whose 9-year-old son, George, goes missing from an evacuation train to the countryside.

From Los Angeles Times

She says she left London to live in the countryside and pursue music and writing, but realised she was missing podcasting.

From BBC

Since the Budget, farmers have warned that getting rid of this IHT exemption will force many family farms out of business and decimate the countryside.

From BBC

People hate rising costs, but then they also hate the new developments that sprawl into the once-pristine or not-at-all-pristine agricultural countryside.

From Slate

As it made its way through the Ukrainian countryside there was still a yellow AA sticker on its windscreen, another white one on its back identified it as coming from the UK.

From BBC

Related Words

• environment
• land
• landscape
• scenery
• surroundings
• terrain