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borderland Definition

border·land (-land′)

noun

  1. land constituting or near a border
  2. a vague or uncertain condition that is not quite one thing or the other

borderland Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • explore: Explore the borderland between civilization and untamed, wild swamp?
  • inhabit: Saunderson also inhabited the borderlands between the world of the Namierite independent country gentleman and modern mass politics, between Southern and Ulster Unionism.

Adjective modifier

  • Welsh: The former supplied most of the study region, from northern Worcestershire to the Welsh borderland.
  • eastern: The project will examine the views of key Russian Oriental scholars on the impact of the empire's eastern borderlands on Russian national identity.
  • beautiful: A network of cycle routes through the beautiful borderlands of England and Wales.
  • English: Herefordshire is located on the English borderlands with Wales in the West Midlands.

Modifies a noun

  • region: But it does seem that the 6 th /7 th century Northumbrian influence in the Welsh borderland region has been little understood.
  • area: There are borderland areas where a group is not so sure.

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