borderland

American  

[bawr-der-land] / ˈbɔr dərˌlænd /

noun

1. land forming a border or frontier.

2. an uncertain, intermediate district, space, or condition.

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borderland British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of borderland

First recorded in 1805–15; border + land

Example Sentences

The auditor said his office’s most recent deep dive began with a tip about Thomas Dozler, an Agriculture Department manager whose duties included patrolling Nebraska’s borderland in the F-150.

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The government said this week it was moving the last remaining families from the camp in Syria’s remote borderlands with Iraq to another displacement camp in northwestern Syria, where the state has stronger infrastructure.

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The base helped the U.S. put pressure on the extremists in a broad stretch of desert near Syria’s borderlands with Jordan and Iraq.

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The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.

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In the early 20th century, irrigation reforms turned the Mexican borderlands into rich terrain for cotton growing, attracting migrant laborers from all over the country.

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