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BORDERLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
Example:
the Welsh marches between England and Wales
Synonyms:
border district; borderland; march; marchland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("borderland" is a kind of...):
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)