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cambrousse

countryside, boondocks

noun kahm-BROOSS Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

backwater

Usage Note

Cambrousse is a colloquial, often dismissive term for remote rural areas, equivalent to 'the middle of nowhere'. En pleine cambrousse means 'in the middle of the sticks'. It carries a slightly urban bias and is informal register.

Examples

"Il habite en pleine cambrousse."

Natural Translation

He lives in the middle of nowhere.

Literal Translation

He lives in full countryside.

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