borderland
/ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/
borderland noun: land near a border; marches.
Noun
borderland (plural borderlands)
- Land near a border; marches.
- retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person1644, David Hume, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, page 81
- some of the ancient East Lancashire families, whose mansions lie on the hilly border-land between the two counties1850, Charlotte Brontë, letter dated 16 March, 1850, in The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, London: Smith, Elder, 1857, Volume 2, Chapter , p.
- Synonyms:
- marchland
- An intermediate state, category, etc.
- Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland
- Is he [the Scotchman] orthodox—he has no doubts. Is he an infidel—he has none either. Between the affirmative and the negative there is no border-land with him. You cannot hover with him upon the confines of truth, or wander in the maze of a probable argument.1821 August, Charles Lamb, “Jews, Quakers, Scotchmen, and Other Imperfect Sympathies”, in The London Magazine, volume 4, page 153
- Synonyms:
- grey area, twilight zone, shadowland
borderland meaning in Kannada
borderland in Kannada
- ಗಡಿನಾಡು, ಸರಹದ್ದು ಪ್ರದೇಶ
Examples of borderland in a sentence
- They came to the river that marked the very edge of the borderland of the Wild […]1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 19, in The Hobbit, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1966, page 282:
- […] he pieces together his tale: arson, cattle raids, the usual borderlands story, ending in destitution, the making of orphans.2012, Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies, New York: Henry Holt, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 68:
- Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said.2021 September 28, Amir Vera, “An anti-racist author, a documentary filmmaker and a computational virologist are among the 2021 MacArthur...
- Alwyn, the line between virtue and foolishness is dim and wavering, and I should hate to see you lost in that marshy borderland. […]”1911, W. E. B. Du Bois, chapter 25, in The Quest of the Silver Fleece, Chicago: McClurg, page 277:
Synonyms of borderland
Forms of borderland
| plural | borderlands |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | border-land |
Origin of borderland
From border + land.
Words formed from borderland
Questions about borderland
- What does borderland mean?
- Borderland means land near a border; marches.
- What is borderland in Kannada?
- Borderland in Kannada is ಗಡಿನಾಡು, ಸರಹದ್ದು ಪ್ರದೇಶ. See Borderland meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use borderland in a sentence?
- They came to the river that marked the very edge of the borderland of the Wild […]
- What part of speech is borderland?
- Borderland is a noun.
- How do you pronounce borderland?
- Borderland is pronounced /ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/.
- What is the plural of borderland?
- The plural of borderland is borderlands.
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