What does rural mean?
Definitions for rural
ˈrʊər əlru·ral
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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.
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
This pandemic has renewed my faith in Americas resolve and willingness to help our fellow man. Our small, rural community is no different.
The capital raised in Series B will allow us to invest in the infrastructure, such as cloud computing and risk control, that will underpin our long-term growth in rural and international markets.
People in rural areas are largely independent, and we take The Internet upon ourselves to stay safe, without the Second Amendment, we couldn't do that.
This is an urban pattern of outbreak of Yellow Fever and it is much more complicated to tackle and deal with, the possibility of spreading out to other provinces or even to the all country is much higher than if it had happened in a rural area.
For rural women especially, who have no other asset, it's very important they know they can co-own the land.
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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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