Meaning of "hinterland" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HINTERLAND

From German, from hinter behind + landland.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HINTERLAND

ˈhɪntəˌlænd

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HINTERLAND

Hinterland is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HINTERLAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hinterland

The hinterland is the land or district behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the word is applied to the inland region lying behind a port, claimed by the state that owns the coast. The area from which products are delivered to a port for shipping elsewhere is that port's hinterland. The term is also used to refer to the area around a city or town.

Definition of hinterland in the English dictionary

The first definition of hinterland in the dictionary is land lying behind something, esp a coast or the shore of a river. Other definition of hinterland is remote or undeveloped areas of a country. Hinterland is also an area located near and dependent on a large city, esp a port.

SYNONYMS OF «HINTERLAND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hinterland» and belong to the same grammatical category.

backwater · the back of beyond

TRANSLATION OF HINTERLAND

Find out the translation of hinterland to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hinterland from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hinterland» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 腹地
• Translator English - Spanish: hinterland
• English: hinterland
• Translator English - Hindi: भीतरी भाग
• Translator English - Arabic: المناطق النائية
• Translator English - Russian: внутренние районы
• Translator English - Portuguese: hinterland
• Translator English - Bengali: পশ্চাদ্ভূমি
• Translator English - French: arrière-pays
• Translator English - Malay: Kawasan pedalaman
• Translator English - German: Hinterland
• Translator English - Japanese: 後背地
• Translator English - Korean: 배후
• Translator English - Javanese: Dharatan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nội địa
• Translator English - Tamil: கடற்கரையாகிவிட்ட
• Translator English - Marathi: किनार्याच्या मागील बाजूचा प्रदेश
• Translator English - Turkish: iç bölge
• Translator English - Italian: entroterra
• Translator English - Polish: zapleczu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: внутрішні райони
• Translator English - Romanian: hinterland
• Translator English - Greek: ενδοχώρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hinterland
• Translator English - Swedish: inlandet
• Translator English - Norwegian: innlandet

QUOTES WITH «HINTERLAND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hinterland.

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Joe Slovo

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HINTERLAND»

Discover the use of hinterland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hinterland and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hinterland

Hinterland is the story of two ordinary brothers whose courageous gamble for a better life brings home the devastating human consequences of war.

Caroline Brothers, 2011

Hinterland

A new play from the author of The Steward of Christendom, loosely based on the Charles Haughey Presidency.

Sebastian Barry, 2002

Hinterland

An investigative journalist goes undercover to infiltrate a white supremacist group that plans to unleash a deadly weapon at a federal underground complex.

Max McCoy, 2004

Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian ...

This book examines the relationship between Rome and Italy.

Neville Morley, 2002

The Making of a Hinterland: State, Society, and Economy in ...

Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the development of certain regions entailed the systematic underdevelopment of other regions.

Kenneth Pomeranz, 1993

Hinterland: The Godslayer Series: Book Two

Yet this is a trap, revealed as Naethyn forces flow from the Ice Eyrie to wage a deadly siege, trapping Tylar and his friends.

James Clemens, 2010

Hinterland Dreams: The Political Economy of a Midwestern City

By mapping the richly textured political economy of La Crosse before 1900, the book highlights how the American state provided hinterland Midwesterners with potent tools to build cities and help define their region's history in profound and ...

Eric J. Morser, 2011

Know Your Onions Or Mrs Beeton's Hinterland

In this book you will come across such delights as: * how to cook and prepare a boar's head (not for the squeamish!); * how to pacify a cross baby;* how to restore rancid butter by using animal charcoal;* a cure for baldness;and much, much ...

Susan Watkin, 2006

A Passage to Nuristan: Exploring the Mysterious Afghan ...

This is the story of three young westerners--a Briton, an American and a German--who in 1960 set out to penetrate a land that few westerners had set eyes on.

Nicholas Barrington, Joseph T. Kendrick, Reinhard Schlagintweit, 2006

Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and Their ...

In tracing these changing economic and political roles, this 1999 book also examines the growing consciousness of the Duala as an ethnic group and uses their history to shed light on the history of 'middleman' communities in surrounding ...

Ralph A. Austen, Jonathan Derrick, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HINTERLAND»

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Snapdeal bets big on hinterland, to offer assisted ecommerce for …

Ecommerce major Snapdeal, which nets over 70 per cent of sales from small towns, is betting big on rural markets and is actively assessing ... «YourStory.com, Jul 15»

Sunrise to Award Lift Station Rehab to Hinterland Group

15-14-01-JC and a contract to Hinterland Group Inc. of West Palm Beach, Florida for the Lift Station 107 Rehabilitation; and providing an ... «Florida Water Daily, Jul 15»

Woman flown from mower crash scene

A WOMAN has been flown to hospital after a ride-on lawn mower crash in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Paramedics were called to a Middle ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»

Check out the Hinterland Music Festival schedule

The Hinterland Music Festival, being held July 31-Aug. 1 in Water Works Park, has announced the schedule of acts. You can start planning ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»

Woman flown from hinterland lawn mower crash scene

A WOMAN has been flown to hospital after a ride-on lawn mower crash in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Paramedics were called to a Middle ... «Central Queensland news, Jul 15»

Motorcyclist airlifted from hinterland in serious condition

Motorcyclist airlifted from hinterland in serious condition ... his motorcycle collided with a car in the Sunshine Coast hinterland near Kin Kin. «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»

Women and cybercafes in the hinterland

A survey conducted among 200 women in Bhadohi and Ferozabad, two small towns in Uttar Pradesh, revealed a picture of cybercafe use in the ... «Livemint, Jul 15»

2000 hinterland support officers let go

Roughly 2,000 persons have been relieved of their positions as Community Support Officers (CSOs) in Amerindian communities, according to ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»

READER PHOTOS: Stunning hinterland sunset takes the crown

READER PHOTOS: Stunning hinterland sunset takes the crown. 10th Jul 2015 1:24 PM. 0 0. SHARE EMAIL PRINT. Have your say ... «Caboolture News, Jul 15»

Hinterland on survival and storytelling in The Long Dark

Fresh from their big announcement at E3, Hinterland Studio's Raphael van Lierop talks us through the trials of surviving early access on both ... «Gamereactor UK, Jul 15»