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Hinterland
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hinterland'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hinterland.html. 1828.