countrysides

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A form of countryside — An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of countryside

    There must be something inside the city worth walking to or riding to, otherwise people would remain scattered through the countrysides.

    2008, Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies, Basic Books,, →ISBN, page 14
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    But where the Diſſenters were numerous, great bands of Legal Robbers were ſent to exact & extort theſe exorbitant fines, by plundering, quartering, beating, wounding, binding men like beaſts, chaſing away from houſes, and harraſſing whole Countryſides, in a hideous manner.

    1687, Alexander Shields, A Hind Let Looſe, page 184

    Some of these designs were amazing, covering a person’s whole back. There were dozens—dragons, historical scenes, countrysides, ornate scrollwork…

    2009, Peter Lerangis, The Sword Thief, Scholastic Inc.,, →ISBN, page 40
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