Remote, isolated areas with dense forests and few people living there.
Compound of 'back' (remote) and 'woods' (forest). Emerged in 18th-century American English to describe sparsely settled frontier regions beyond civilization's reach.
The term shaped American identity—backwoods settlers became iconic frontierspeople, but the word itself carried city dwellers' judgment about places they considered backwards or uncivilized.
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