noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
adjective
- of, relating to, or located in the back country: outback settlements.
adverb
- in or to the back country: They moved outback many years ago.
noun
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- the remote bush country of Australia
- (as modifier)outback life
n.“back-country, interior regions of Australia,” 1907, Australian English, originally an adverb, “out in the back settlements” (1878), from out + back (adv.).