outback

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).

adjective

2. of, relating to, or located in the back country: outback settlements.

adverb

3. in or to the back country: They moved outback many years ago.

noun

1. 1. the remote bush country of Australia
   2. (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.).