Boondocks

The boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog (Filipino) word bundók ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area, but now, is often applied to an out-of-the-way area considered backward and unsophisticated by city-folk. It can also occasionally refer to a mountain in both Filipino and American context.
The expression was introduced to American English by U.S. military personnel fighting in the Philippine–American War (1899–1902). It derives from the Tagalog word "bundók",From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk ("higher... meer