backwoods

noun

1. (often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
2. any remote or isolated area.

adjective Also back·wood, back·woods·y.

3. of or relating to the backwoods.
4. unsophisticated; uncouth.

pl n

1. mainly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests
2. any remote sparsely populated place
3. (modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods
4. (modifier) uncouth; rustic