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country-side

country-side is the alternative spelling of countryside.

Meaning of countryside

Noun

countryside (countable and uncountable, plural countrysides)

  1. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
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  2. Such part of a larger area.
    • We live in the Swedish countryside.
  3. A rural landscape.

Forms of country-side

pluralcountry-sides

Questions about country-side

What is country-side the alternative spelling of?
Country-side is the alternative spelling of countryside.

Words near country-side in the dictionary

  1. country-fried steaks
  2. country-house
  3. country-houses
  4. country-punk
  5. country-rock
  6. country-side
  7. country-sides
  8. country-western
  9. country-western music
  10. countryball
  11. countryballs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: country-side (page history and authors); countryside (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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