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backwater

 
Noun backwater has 2 senses
  1. backwater - a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
    --1 is a kind of
    body of water, water
  2. backwater - any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
    --2 is a kind of
    region
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