Definition
Remote, rural areas considered isolated or undeveloped; a term often used to describe places far from cities or civilization.
Etymology
Plural of boondock, from Tagalog 'bundok' meaning mountain, entering English through American military experience in the Philippines in the early 1900s.
Kelly Says
'Sent to the boondocks' became a phrase meaning exile or punishment in American culture, but it also represents a real geography—vast rural areas where most Americans never venture but where approximately 20% of the population lives.
Translations
DEDeutsch
die Provinz
dee proh-vints
ELΕλληνικά
η hinterγης
i hin-ter-gis
ESEspañol
el campo
el kam-poh
FAفارسی
منطقه دورا
man-taqeh doo-ra
FISuomi
maaseutu
maa-se-u-tu
FRFrançais
les backwoods
le bak-vud
HEעברית
הפריפריה
ha-pri-fe-ra
IDBahasa Indonesia
desa
de-sa
ITItaliano
la campagna
la kam-pa-nya
KKKK
жергілікті
jer-ghi-lik-ti
MSBahasa Melayu
pedalaman
pe-da-la-man
MYမြန်မာ
ကျေး wios
kye-y wo-sh
NLNederlands
het platteland
het plat-te-land
PTPortuguês
o interior
oh in-te-ree-or
SVSvenska
skogen
sh-ko-gen
SWKiswahili
maeneo ya mbali
ma-e-neo ya m-ba-li
TLTL
probinsya
pro-bin-sya
UKУкраїнська
глущина
hlyush-chyna
URاردو
شہری علاقہ
shahri alaqa
VITiếng Việt
nơi xa xôi
noy xa xoi
ZUZU
inhlangano
in-hla-nga-no