What does Rural mean?
Definitions for Rural
ˈrʊər əlRu·ral
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Rural.
Princeton's WordNet
ruraladjective
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
"rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
ruraladjective
of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city
"rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"
Wiktionary
ruraladjective
pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas
Etymology: From rural < ruralis, from rus + -alis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
RURALadjective
Country; existing in the country, not in cities; suiting the country; resembling the country.
Etymology: rural, Fr. ruralis, from rura, Lat.
Lady, reserved to do pastor company honour,
Joining your sweet voice to the rural musick of desert. Philip Sidney.Here is a rural fellow,
That will not be deny’d your highness’ presence;
He brings you figs. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows. James Thomson.
Webster Dictionary
Ruraladjective
of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect
Ruraladjective
of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rural
rōō′ral, adj. of or belonging to the country: suiting the country: rustic: pertaining to agriculture.—n. (obs.) a countryman.—ns. Ru′ral-dean, an ecclesiastic under the bishop and archdeacon, with the peculiar care of the clergy of a district; Ru′ral-dean′ery.—v.t. Ru′ralise, to render rural.—v.i. to become rural: to rusticate.—ns. Ru′ralism; Ru′ralist; Rural′ity.—adv. Ru′rally.—n. Ru′ralness.—adj. Ruridec′anal, pertaining to a rural dean or deanery. [Fr.,—L. ruralis—rus, ruris, the country.]
Editors Contribution
rural
Relating to farming or country living.
They loved rural life and living.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Rural' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1647
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Rural' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2188
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Rural' in Adjectives Frequency: #206
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Rural in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Rural in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Rural in a Sentence
No one knows ... his company runs business as usual. That’s why what he does is scarier, my friend, who belongs to a rural area, could bring all of his family to Pyongyang. Incentives for North Korea’s cyber experts are very strong ... they are rich people in Pyongyang.
When a rural school is electrified, a nearby clinic and growth point is covered too.
The FDA label has finally caught up to the evidence based practice in the United States, it has the potential of opening medical abortion care in more rural areas because it does not have to be given by a surgical abortion provider.
There are people in suburban and rural areas who are dying of overdose, unfortunately, it’s taken this level of people dying to get us to where we are, but I do think a sea of change is occurring, and we are seeing how overdose kills.
The aim is to generate the maximum amount of megawatts, but that won't address the access issue, which is in rural areas.
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- فَلاحِي, قَرَوِيّArabic
- ruralCatalan, Valencian
- venkovskýCzech
- tyndtbefolket, ruralDanish
- ländlich, dörflichGerman
- αγροτικόςGreek
- kamparaEsperanto
- ruralSpanish
- maalaismainen, maalais-Finnish
- ruralFrench
- pedesaanIndonesian
- ruraleItalian
- いなか, ルーラル, 農村Japanese
- taiwhenuaMāori
- pedalamanMalay
- wiejskiPolish
- ruralPortuguese
- деревенский, сельскийRussian
- గ్రామీణTelugu
- kırsalTurkish
- دیہیUrdu
- דאָרפֿישYiddish
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