Borders

[bawr-derz]

noun

1. a region in SE Scotland. 1,804 sq. mi. (4,671 sq. km).

Example Sentences

The markets already are calling the potential Scottish bonds “kilts,” a play on the word used for British bonds, named “gilts” after the gilded borders on old bond certificates.

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Despite this error, a new Cambridge study explains that the map's appearance in print helped set in motion ideas about territory and borders that still influence thinking today.

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These lines came to represent political borders.

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"For many people, the Bible remains an important guide to their basic beliefs about nation states and borders," MacDonald says.

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Professor MacDonald is concerned that many people continue to treat modern borders as if they were clearly defined in scripture.

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