01 n. a remote and undeveloped area; originally, the land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the …
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a remote and undeveloped area; originally, the land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.