borderland

Noun

Meaning

district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

march marchland border district arena frontier end line circuit division compass precinct environment limit border edge

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Antonyms

center centre body base inside connector

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Hypernyms

dominion district territory territorial dominion

Examples

Dreams and death were old friends of his. He knew how to navigate their dark borderland. Rick Riordan

the Welsh marches between England and Wales Source: Internet

Acadia was a borderland region between two empires and this caused a complex socio-political environment to develop for the Acadians. Source: Internet

'Borderland', a new true-crime movie based on the 2008 non-fiction book 'The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London' by Steven S Moysey, is set to begin filming in the UK next year. Source: Internet

According to the Pima County Medical Examiner, there have been 2,333 deaths in the Arizona borderland since 2001. Source: Internet

Local Greek rulers still exercised a feeble and precarious power along the borderland, but the last vestige of Greek dominion was extinguished by the arrival of the Yueh-chi. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bordering areas bordering regions bordering upon borderlander borderless borderless world