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  1. 1. n. a remote and undeveloped area Source: wordnet
  2. 2. The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast. Source: webster
  3. 3. The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term isused esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland,sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim toan exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lyinginland of the coast. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n:100 n a remote and undeveloped area Source: ecdict

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