Backwoods and Off-lying

Backwoods noun - A rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country.

Off-lying and backwoods are semantically related In some cases you can use "Off-lying" instead an adjective "Backwoods".

Backwoods and off-lying are semantically related in remote topic. You can use "Backwoods" instead an adjective phrase "Off-lying", if it concerns topics such as out-of-the-way.