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backlands

backlands is the plural of backland.

Meaning of backland

Noun

backland (plural backlands)

  1. Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
    • He has developed a sophisticated, inventive way to use these modulations that were quite common in the singers we heard there in the backlands of the northeast.”2007 January 25, Larry Rohter, “Long-Lost Trove of Music Connects Brazil to Its Roots”, in New York Times

Questions about backlands

What is backlands the plural of?
Backlands is the plural of backland.

Words near backlands in the dictionary

  1. backjumping
  2. backjumps
  3. backkick
  4. backkicks
  5. backland
  6. backlands
  7. backlash
  8. backlashed
  9. backlasher
  10. backlashers
  11. backlashes

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