as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries
I grew up on the borderland, so I speak both languages
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Recent Examples of borderland
Capital of the northern Italian region of Piedmont, Turin was part of the Duchy of Savoy, which covered the borderlands between Italy, France, and Switzerland.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2025
When Hernán helps Julia and her young daughter, Maribel, navigate treacherous borderlands, their desperate journey triggers the wrath of a ruthless trafficking syndicate.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
The drama, set in a remote borderland town, traces the lives of locals grappling with history’s lingering shadows, blending Zhang’s trademark lyricism with a stark social critique.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Her books occupy the borderlands of realism and fable, where the plausible brushes up against the impossible, and the laws of narrative logic are bent just enough to let in the surreal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2025
When Hernán helps Julia and her young daughter, Maribel, navigate treacherous borderlands, their desperate journey triggers the wrath of a ruthless trafficking syndicate.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
The drama, set in a remote borderland town, traces the lives of locals grappling with history’s lingering shadows, blending Zhang’s trademark lyricism with a stark social critique.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Her books occupy the borderlands of realism and fable, where the plausible brushes up against the impossible, and the laws of narrative logic are bent just enough to let in the surreal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderland
border
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Among the groups singled out was the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s largest and most powerful guerrilla organization, which controls vast stretches of the 1,400-mile border between Colombia and Venezuela.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Now, none of the concepts redrawing state borders have a political chance of becoming reality.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderland. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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