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HINTERLANDS

a region lying inland from a coast

The meaning of the word hinterlands is a region lying inland from a coast.

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indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
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misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
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