hinterland English · revision 1292

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|de|Hinterland|t=land behind]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[af|de|hinter|Land|t1=behind|t2=land, country]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) It is related to [[hinder]] and [[land]].^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The district lying behind a coast or river shore; the back country (1890).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was first used in geography for the region inland from a port that is tied to it economically.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) It came to prominence in the language of European colonialism for an inland region behind a coast claimed by a state.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) The geographer George Chisholm had earlier translated the German word as ''hinderland''.^(Etymonline) Figurative uses, such as the unexplored reaches of a subject or of someone's knowledge, are recorded from 1919.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1881 – ''hinder-land'' as a translation.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1890 – ''hinterland''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1919 – figurative use.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The land lying directly inland from a [[coast]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A region remote from cities; the [[backcountry]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A region lying beyond the major centres of culture.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An inland area that supplies goods to a port.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Something vague or little known, such as the breadth of a person's knowledge outside their field.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hinder]]

+ * [[land]]

+ * [[backcountry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}