# rural

Pronunciation: say "RUUR-uhl" US /ˈɹʊ.ɹəl/, UK /ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/

## Adjective

1. Relating to the countryside or to farming, rather than to towns and cities.
   - Simple: Having to do with the countryside, farms, and small towns far from big cities.
   - _The region remains largely rural, with farms stretching to the horizon._
   - _Rural broadband access still lags behind service in the cities._

## Noun

2. A person from the countryside; a country-dweller or rustic. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person who comes from the countryside.

## Origin

Latin rūs ("countryside") plus the suffix -ālis gave rūrālis ("rural"), which passed into Old French as rural and from there into English.

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