Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence.
2010, George R. Lamplugh, James Gunn, The fourth company involved in the purchase, the Upper Mississippi Company (formed by Thomas Scott after he had withdrawn the bid of the Virginia Yazoo Company), apparently restricted its largess to a few upcountry Georgians.
2010, George R. Lamplugh, James Gunn, To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry.
Adverb
upcountry
Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast.
2010, Tim Butcher, Our Man in Liberia, According to Dr Christy in 1931, the authorities in Monrovia had deliberately banned all freelance travel upcountry by outsiders, …
