backwater

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Noun backwater has 2 senses

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
backwater - any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
--₂ is a kind of region