borderland Definition
border·land (-land′)
noun
- land constituting or near a border
- 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
Browse dictionary entries near borderland
- ‹ bordering
- ‹ borderer
- ‹ bordereau
- ‹ border states
- ‹ border on
- ‹ Border Gateway Protocol
- ‹ border collie
- ‹ border
- ‹ Borden
- ‹ bordello
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