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borderlands

borderlands is the plural of borderland.

Meaning of borderland

Noun

borderland (plural borderlands)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    marchland
  2. (figuratively) An intermediate state, category, etc.
    • Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland

Questions about borderlands

What is borderlands the plural of?
Borderlands is the plural of borderland.

Words near borderlands in the dictionary

  1. borderjumper
  2. borderjumpers
  3. borderland
  4. borderlander
  5. borderlanders
  6. borderlands
  7. borderless
  8. borderlessness
  9. borderline
  10. borderline case
  11. borderline cases

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