upcountry

1. not comparableLiving or situated remote from the seacoast.

   Near-synonym: inland

   2 more examples

   an upcountry residence

   The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians.

   2010 Fall, George R. Lamplugh, “James Gunn”, in Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 94, number 3, pages 313–341

   Synonyms: inland · Antonyms: downcountry

plural further

1. uncountableusuallyThe interior of a country.

   Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland

   1 more example

   To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry.

   2010 Fall, George R. Lamplugh, “James Gunn”, in Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 94, number 3, pages 313–341

   Synonyms: backcountry, hinterland

2. uncountableusuallyThe part of the country that is at high elevation.

   Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa

   1 more example

   Within the focus on the colonial South, there are works that detail regional differences in social organization between the backcountry (frontier), upcountry (Appalachia, Piedmont), and lowcountry (plantation).

   2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 153

   Synonyms: high country, highlands, upland, plateau, tableland, mesa

comparative further upcountry · comparative farther upcountry · superlative furthest upcountry · superlative farthest upcountry

1. not comparableusuallyTowards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

   Near-synonym: inland

   2 more examples

   They went upcountry to visit their extended family.

   According to Dr Christy in 1931, the authorities in Monrovia had deliberately banned all freelance travel upcountry by outsiders […]

   2010 Oct, Tim Butcher, “Our Man in Liberia”, in History Today, volume 60, number 10, pages 10–17

   Synonyms: inland · Antonyms: downcountry