upcountry

adj

1. (not-comparable)Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

   “Near-synonym: inland”

   “an upcountry residence”

   “The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians.”

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The interior of a country.

   “Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland”

   “To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry.”

2. (uncountable, usually)The part of the country that is at high elevation.

   “Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa”

   “Within the focus on the colonial South, there are works that detail regional differences in social organization between the backcountry (frontier), upcountry (Appalachia, Piedmont), and lowcountry (plantation).”

adv

1. (not-comparable, usually)Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.

   “Near-synonym: inland”

   “They went upcountry to visit their extended family.”

   “According to Dr Christy in 1931, the authorities in Monrovia had deliberately banned all freelance travel upcountry by outsiders […]”