Borderland

/ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/

Synonyms for "borderland" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

alentours ambience ambit arenaback countrybackwoods bailiwickbamboo curtainbeatberlin wallboondock boondocks borderborder groundborderlands brush bushbush country

Noun(5 words)

border districtborder zoneborder-area borderlineboundary region

Strong matches (33)

bushveld circle circuit circumambiencies circumjacencies circumstances compass context demesne department domain dominion entourageenvironing circumstancesenvironment environs field forest forests frontier

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frontier postgestalt habitat hemisphere hinterland

Noun(8 words)

contact zonedesert fringefrontierfrontier regionhybridimperial frontierinterface areainterstice

Related words (56)

iron curtainjudicial circuitjurisdiction march marches marchland milieu neighborhood orb orbit outback outpost outposts outskirts pale perimeter peripherypillars of herculesprecinct precincts

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province purlieus realm round situation sphere suburbs surroundingsthe bushthree-mile limittimberstotal environmenttwelve-mile limituninhabited regionup countryup-country vicinage vicinityvirgin landvirgin territorywalk wasteland wildwild westwilderness wilds woodlands woods

Noun(7 words)

liminalliminal zonemarch marchlandmarginal zonetransboundarytransitional zone

Adjective(1 words)

periurban

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More general

12 entries

conceptual spacecultural spacedistrict dominiongeographic regiongeographygeopolitical spacehistorical regionregionsocial spaceterritorial dominionterritory

More specific

11 entries

border townborder zoneborderland culturecolonial frontierdemilitarized zonefrontier regionhybrid communityhybrid zoneimperial borderlandinterface zonetransborder space

Collocations

8 entries

borderland areaborderland communitiesborderland cultureborderland politicsborderland regionborderland studiesborderland zonecultural borderland

Inflections

3 entries

borderlandsmore borderlandmost borderland

Derivations

3 entries

borderlander borderlandish borderlandness

Sample sentences

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retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person

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1850, Charlotte Brontë, letter dated 16 March, 1850, in The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, London: Smith, Elder, 1857, Volume 2, Chapter , p. , some of the ancient East Lancashire families, whose mansions lie on the hilly border-land between the two counties

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They came to the river that marked the very edge of the borderland of the Wild […]

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[…] he pieces together his tale: arson, cattle raids, the usual borderlands story, ending in destitution, the making of orphans.

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