flyover country
noun/ˈflaɪəʊvə kʌntri/
/ˈflaɪəʊvər kʌntri/
[uncountable] (also the flyover states [plural])
(informal, disapproving)- (in the US) the area in the middle of the country between the states on the coasts
- It's an area most New Yorkers know as flyover country.
- Many folks out here in the flyover states have that attitude.
- I spent many years in what people on the west coast call flyover country.
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