platteland

noun

1. The country, the countryside.

   countable, uncountable

   'It's a local fish - tastes just like barracuda,' said Leo from behind the bar as we dug into platteland-size plates of fish. A bunch of boitjies stood resting their boeps against the counter and talking about fish size and breast size.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Afrikaans platteland, from Dutch platteland.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry platteland (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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