Definition of Rural

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rural
adj. characteristic of a small town, rustic

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Rural Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Rural
Usually refers to areas with population less than 5,000. (DOE6)

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
RCCC
Rural Cellular Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Provides cellular telecommunications and paging services.


Rural Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rural
(a.)
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.
  
(a.)
Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
  

WordNet 2.0
rural

Adjective
1. living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
(antonym) urban
(similar) agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)
2. relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery (RFD)"
(pertainym) country, rural area

hEnglish - advanced version
rural

rural
dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese...
see dean
rural
dean. (eccl.) see under dean...
see rural


  similar words(3) 




 rural dean 
 rural area 
 rural deanery 

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Broaidd
Broaidd = a. rural, country-like


Rural Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
RURAL
DOMESTIC WATER: The rural domestic category includes water uses for domestic needs, stock watering, yard irrigation, etc., of individual homes, farms or ranches, and rural centers with a population of typically less than about 250 people.


Rural Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
rural peasant
rusticus


Rural Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Rural
Rural areas (also referred to as "the country", countryside) are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as outbackAmerican Old West or wilderness. Inhabitants live in villageshamlets, on farms and in other isolated houses.

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