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(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.
 
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