middle of nowhere

Noun

 * 1)  A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
 * 2) * 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial), The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2 (retrieved 12 April 2013) :
 * We set out to demonstrate to the people of the county that a corrupt ring managed the Republican party in this county. . . . We want that corrupt ring knocked into the middle of Nowhere.

Usage notes

 * Almost always in the singular, preceded by.

Synonyms

 * See: Thesaurus:remote place

Translations

 * Belarusian: у чорта на рагах, у віру на калу
 * Bulgarian: в средата на нищото
 * Catalan: quinta forca
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 偏僻的地方, 荒郊野外, 前不著村後不著店, 前不着村后不着店
 * Czech: prdel světa, kde lišky dávají dobrou noc
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: Kapa-Kohila, karuperse, pärapõrgu
 * Finnish: Perähikiä, keskellä ei-mitään, hornantuutti, Huitsin Nevada
 * French:, , , , ,
 * German:, wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen
 * Greek: στη μέση του πουθενά, στου διαβόλου τη μάνα
 * Hungarian: a semmi közepe,, ahol a madár se jár
 * Icelandic: lengst úti í rassgati
 * Irish: ar an iargúil
 * Italian: mezzo al niente, in culo ai lupi, in culo al nulla , Culonia , in culo al mondo
 * Maltese: sorm id-dinja
 * Maori: tua o Tāwauwau
 * Navajo: tʼáá dzígaidi
 * Persian:, هیچ‌کجا, تورقوزآباد
 * Polish:, wygwizdów, ;
 * Portuguese: Lugar Nenhum; meio do nada; ; ; cu de Judas ,
 * Romanian: în mijlocul pustietății, în pulă cu satelitul
 * Russian: у чёрта на рога́х, у чёрта на кули́чках,, ; ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ann an cùl nan cnoc, am meadhan na mòintich
 * Serbo-Croatian: усред ничега, usred ničega (ničega = genitive of )
 * Slovene: kraj, kjer ti lisica lahko noč vošči
 * Spanish: en el culo del mundo
 * Sranan Tongo: psa Gado ai
 * Swedish: mitt i ingenstans, världens ände
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ym mhen draw’r byd
 * Yiddish: העק