野や蛮ばん国こく

noun

uncivilized country; savage land

A somewhat old-fashioned or literary term for a nation or region perceived as lacking civilization. Often used in historical or rhetorical contexts.

• 19世せい紀きの探たん検けん家かは、その地ちを野や蛮ばん国こくと呼よんだ。

  19th-century explorers called that land a savage country.