countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd 
1
: a rural area
2
: the inhabitants of a countryside
Examples of countryside in a Sentence
We took a long drive through the open countryside.
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
The colonial years also witnessed the explosive growth of communism and socialism in Korea’s cities and countryside.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Zhang hopes Nighttime Sounds will use arthouse technique to convey the unspoken emotional lives of rural villagers — feelings rarely expressed even within their own communities, let alone to outsiders unfamiliar with China’s countryside.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Many of these elderly live alone in small towns and in the countryside, after their children flocked to urban centers like Tokyo, said Guo.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryside. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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countryside
noun
coun·try·side
ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd
: a rural area or its people
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