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borderland

[ bawr-der-land ]

noun

  1. land forming a border or frontier.
  2. an uncertain, intermediate district, space, or condition.


borderland

/ ˈbɔːdəˌlænd /

noun

  1. land located on or near a frontier or boundary
  2. an indeterminate region

    the borderland between intellect and intelligence



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Word History and Origins

Origin of borderland1

First recorded in 1805–15; border + land

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Example Sentences

This borderland—the interface of human activity and wild habitat—is the most dangerous region of all for bears.

But as the excellent blog Borderland Beat says, “Remember this is Mexico and anything can happen.”

Perhaps he also hopes he can keep Ukraine as a borderland instead of having it join NATO.

When the latest Russian aggression ends, Ukraine will still be a borderland caught between East and West.

Ukraine needs to embrace its historic role, not to mention its strategic reality, as a borderland.

The feeble loyalty of the native regiments at Lucknow sufficed to keep all the borderland of Nepaul quiet for nearly two months.

This high lonely butte stands on the borderland between the country of the Pawnees and the country of the Dakotas.

He felt that he had reached the land—or at least the borderland—of Bohemia, that Ultima Thule of every young literary dream.

It rather occupies a kind of borderland between them, coming under the head of philanthropy.

But even in this borderland He cannot be hid; and when the sick and needy throng around Him, He cannot turn away from them.

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