backcountry

• back country

back +‎ country

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌkʌntri/

backcountry (countable and uncountable, plural backcountries)

1. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.

   Coordinate term: frontcountry

   • 2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:

     Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight.

• wop-wops
• hinterland