Definition of Hinterlands

1. Noun. (plural of hinterland) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hinterlands

1. hinterland [n] - See also: hinterland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinterlands

hinkypunks
hinnied
hinnies
hinny
hinnying
hins
hinsdalite
hint
hinted
hintend
hintends
hinter
hinterland
hinterlander
hinterlanders
hinterlands (current term)
hintermost
hinters
hinting
hintingly
hints
hioi
hiois
hip
hip-flask
hip-flasks
hip-flexion phenomenon
hip-hop
hip-hopper
hip-huggers

Literary usage of Hinterlands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Nigeria: A Geographical and Historical Description of the British by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman (1902)
"There is little more to be said about what constituted the British and French claims to these hinterlands when the Paris Commission of 1898 assembled, ..."

2. Service Provision and Its Impact on Agricultural and Rural Development in by Sudhir Wanmali, Jonathan M. Zamchiya (1992)
"SERVICE CENTERS AND RURAL hinterlands The future growth of these service centers will depend on the growth of their rural hinterlands, which in almost all ..."

3. Daytrips Eastern Australia: 60 One Day Adventures by Car, Rail Or Bus by James Postell (2004)
"... GOLD COAST & hinterlands If Brisbane is considered the gateway to paradise, then the Cold Coast holds the key to Shangri-La. ..."

4. Report of the Hundred and Thirteenth Round Table on Transport Economics by ECMT Staff, Ecmt, (Bruxelles) Economic Research Centre, economics Round table on transport, Economic Research Centre (2001)
"Lines of major penetration emanate from the load centres and it is these ports which can now possibly capture the hinterlands of neighbouring smaller ports. ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Stewart 6- K. $3; $10 hinterlands, into the open places where the tumbling, rushing stream roars its welcome and the stars o' night blink a winking welcome ..."

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