noun
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land located on or near a frontier or boundary
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an indeterminate region
the borderland between intellect and intelligence
Etymology
Origin of borderland
Example Sentences
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Her borderland upbringing in El Paso has also shaped her Spanglish lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Then the slippery borderland between fact and fiction, and the perils of ignoring just how slippery it is.
From Salon • May 7, 2025
The Ukrainian borderland has long been a place where cultures merge and interchange.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024
Another setback for the Allies was taking place along the Isonzo River in Austria’s mountain borderland, where Italian and Austrian armies had been battling since the summer of 1915.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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