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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 sausages
  2. country seat
  3. country seats
  4. country ship
  5. country ships
  6. country side
  7. country sides
  8. country stop
  9. country stops
  10. country store
  11. country stores

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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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