borderland

noun

bor·​der·​land ˈbȯr-dər-ˌland How to pronounce borderland (audio)
1
a
: territory at or near a border
b
: fringe sense 3a
lives on the borderland of society
2
: a vague intermediate state or region
the borderland between fantasy and reality

Examples of borderland in a Sentence

in the borderland between sleeping and waking He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.
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As the fund progresses, the Mellon aims to bring others national funders to supporting binational artistic production along the borderlands to maximize the support that organizations in the region receive. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024 In each of the last two summers, Laura Mae Williams, who recovers bodies for the New Mexico Medical Investigator’s Office, has had to visit the U.S.-Mexico borderlands multiple times a week. David Noriega, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024 Horwitz is a filmmaker from the Southwest borderlands, whose work navigates the impact of militarization and xenophobia on the region’s inhabitants. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024 The film is set in the Rio Grande Valley (puro 956, cuh!), a borderland slice of South Texas where the Mexican and the American meet, mingle and fuse. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for borderland 

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of borderland was in 1811

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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borderland. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

borderland

noun
bor·​der·​land ˈbȯrd-ər-ˌland How to pronounce borderland (audio)
1
: territory at or near a border : frontier
2
: an unclear condition or region separating two clearly different ones
the borderland between sleeping and waking
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