<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Often hinterlands</li><li>the remote or less developed parts of a country</li><li>back country</li><li>The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas</li><li>the land lying behind a coastal region</li><li>an area or sphere of influence in the unoccupied interior claimed by the state possessing the coast</li><li>an inland area supplying goods, especially trade goods, to a port</li></ul>