rural
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rural/ˈrʊərəl/
▶adjective in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
– derivatives
ruralism noun,
ruralist noun,
rurality noun,
ruralization (or ruralisation) noun,
ruralize (or ruralise) verb,
rurally adverb.
ruralism noun,
ruralist noun,
rurality noun,
ruralization (or ruralisation) noun,
ruralize (or ruralise) verb,
rurally adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from late L. ruralis, from rus, rur- ‘country’.
'rural' also found in these Oxford entries:
agritourism
- backcountry
- barefoot doctor
- barnstorm
- base hospital
- booay
- bucolic
- community
- cottier
- country club
- country music
- countryside
- dean
- DEFRA
- dorp
- fair
- faun
- fauna
- fête champêtre
- fête galante
- garden suburb
- georgic
- Guinea worm
- impi
- jerkwater
- joual
- land
- lane
- new town
- pan pipes
- parish
- pastorale
- RDC
- RR
- rustic
- schoolhouse
- shire
- squire
- stick
- sylvan
- telecottage
- tithing
- tweedy
- village
- villanelle
