# countryside

Pronunciation: say "KUN-tree-syd" /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/

## Noun

1. Land that lies outside towns and cities, rural rather than urban or suburban.
   - Simple: Land outside towns and cities, where there are farms, fields, and few buildings.
   - _Many families leave the city each summer to spend time in the countryside._
   - _The countryside around the village is dotted with small farms and hedgerows._
2. Rural scenery; the open land, fields, and hills that make up a country view.
   - Simple: The wide, open land you see in the country, with fields, hills, and trees.
   - _The artist captured the rolling countryside in soft morning light._
   - _Her photographs of the Tuscan countryside hung along the gallery wall._
3. The rural section of a larger region, set apart from its towns and cities.
   - Simple: The country part of a bigger area, away from its towns and buildings.
   - _The county's countryside stretches west toward the mountains, while its towns cluster in the east._
   - _Beyond the capital lies a vast countryside of scattered villages and farmland._

## Origin

Formed from "country" combined with the suffix "-side."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/countryside (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).