ages ago / a decade

(archaic) the country (rural area), countryside; a house in the countryside

(sensitive) the country (rural area), countryside / a remote area with a small population / something crude or unrefined

area, district, particular geographic region

in front of, before, ago,

before / in front

in front (of) / before (in time)

country bumpkin, hillbilly

the last, the previous / pre- (of an era)

(rare) an honorific suffix added to a noun denoting a person