countryside
pronunciation
How to pronounce countryside in British English:
UK [ˈkʌntrisaɪd]
How to pronounce countryside in American English:
US [ˈkʌntrisaɪd]
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- Noun:
- rural regions
Word Origin
- countryside (n.)
- mid-15c., literally "one side of a country" (a valley, a mountain range, etc.), from country + side (n.); hence, "any tract of land having a natural unity" (1727).
Example
- 1. Public pensions are fairly new to china 's countryside .
- 2. The couple transferred zhou to an older woman in the countryside .
- 3. Part of its success lies in the countryside .
- 4. Petty criminals are often lynched in the countryside too .
- 5. It passes through a countryside that is visibly industrialising .