HOW TO PRONOUNCE
countryside
/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
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What does countryside mean?
noun
- An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
- Such part of a larger area.
- A rural landscape.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
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See this word in context.
In my more familiar East the crowding of the countryside seems almost to parallel the crowding of the cities.
Subsistence agriculture, including forestry, is the backbone of the economy, with over 70% of the population living in the countryside.
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She had at least the comfort of public sympathy, for she was by far the most popular woman in the countryside.
The prospects of the whole world are there, so that somewhere every wanderer can find the countryside of his own home repeated.
Mothers were afraid to let their little ones out of their sight, for hungry wolves and other wild beasts prowled about the deserted countryside.