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Origin: Hinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind" (a city, a port, or similar). The term's use in English was first documented by geographer George Chisholm in his Handbook of Commercial Geography (1888). 1. The often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river's banks. "early settlers were driven from the coastal areas into the hinterland" synonyms: backwoods, backwater, wilds, wilderness, bush, back of beyond, back-country; More informal-sticks, middle of nowhere, boondocks, boonies; outback 2. An area lying beyond what is visible or known.
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