RURAL
What does "RURAL" mean?
Relating to the countryside rather than towns or cities.
Meanings
- Characteristic of or located in the country, away from urban areas. They traded the city for a quiet rural village.
Word origin
From Latin 'ruralis', from 'rus, ruris' meaning 'open land, countryside'; entered English via Old French in the 15th century.
Remember it
RURAL is famously hard to say because of its two R's and two-syllable roll-the tongue trips on it the way a city dweller trips on a country lane.
A little poem
No streetlight argues
with the stars here-just one barn,
one road, one long dark.
haiku
Wordplay
- RURAL is the one word that even city folk find hard to pronounce-fittingly, you have to slow down for it.
What it teaches
The countryside keeps a slower clock; some things you only hear once the engines stop.
Quick facts
What does RURAL mean?
Relating to the countryside rather than towns or cities.
Is RURAL a valid word?
Yes — RURAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RURAL?
RURAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RURAL come from?
From Latin 'ruralis', from 'rus, ruris' meaning 'open land, countryside'; entered English via Old French in the 15th century.
What can RURAL teach us?
The countryside keeps a slower clock; some things you only hear once the engines stop.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.