Definition of Rural. Meaning of Rural. Synonyms of Rural

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Definition of Rural

Rural
Rural Ru"ral, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.] 1. 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. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean. Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. Syn: Rustic. Usage: Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. --Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. --Dryden.

Meaning of Rural from wikipedia

- In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration...
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (or, NREGA No 42, later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA)...
- The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-po****r rural-themed shows...
- Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and...
- Rural poverty refers to poverty in rural areas, including factors of rural society, rural economy, and rural political systems that give rise to the poverty...
- organization is being considered for merging. › National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development financial institution in India...
- Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) also known as Gramin banks, are Indian scheduled banks (Government banks) operating at regional level in different States...
- Germany is divided into 401 administrative districts; these consist of 294 rural districts (German: Kreise [in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein]...
- Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally ****ociated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas although topical areas...
- Rurality is used as an expression of different rural areas as not being homogeneously defined. Many authors involved in mental health research in rural...
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