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rural
[ roor-uhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic:
agricultural fairs and festivals throughout the rural towns of Georgia.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- living in the country:
the rural population.
- of or relating to agriculture:
rural economy.
noun
- a person who lives in a rural area.
rural
/ ˈʊəə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the country or country life
- living in or accustomed to the country
- of, relating to, or associated with farming
Derived Forms
- ˈܰ, noun
- ˈܰ, adverb
- ˈܰ, noun
- ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
- ·· ··ٱ noun
- ·· adverb
- ··Ա noun
- ԴDz·· adjective
- non··· adverb
- ܲ·-· adjective
- qua·si-·· adverb
- ··· adjective
- sem·i··· adverb
- sem·i··· noun
- ܲ·· adjective
- un··· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of rural1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The girl, who we are calling Lucy, seems to have been born in rural Nigeria in September 2022, and given to an orphanage when she was just three days old.
It is yet another example of the state’s failing water systems, many of which are in rural parts of the state’s Central Valley, where water is drawn from wells that are contaminated.
The constituency combines the industrial town of Runcorn, sitting on the banks of the River Mersey, with a more rural area stretching south towards Chester.
Growing up in rural Canada, Aimee was a dynamic teen drawn to a secular world until she saw Robert Semple, an Irish Pentecostal preacher.
President Trump has also ramped up oil-and-gas drilling, coal production and natural-resources mining, including in sensitive landscapes such as parts of rural Alaska.
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