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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hinterland \Hin"ter*land`\, n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.] The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called {doctrine of the hinterland}, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hinterland n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {backwoods}, {back country}, {boondocks}]
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