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border land

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bor⋅der⋅land

  [bawr-der-land]
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–noun
1. land forming a border or frontier.
2. an uncertain, intermediate district, space, or condition.
Origin:
1805–15; border + land
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bor·der·land   (bôr'dər-lānd')   
n.  

    1. Land located on or near a frontier.

    2. The fringe: a shadowy figure who lived on the borderland of the drug scene.

  2. An indeterminate area, situation, or condition: the borderland between sanity and insanity.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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