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limitrophe

/ˈlɪmɪtɹəʊf/

limitrophe adjective: border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.

Adjective

limitrophe

  1. Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
    • As was stipulated in the Firman of 1249, Servia shall be bound to send back home all emigrants from the limitrophe provinces, and, with the exception of the fortresses which exist in Servia ab antiquo, all fortifications subsequently erected […]1877, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, page 272
    • The total westward movement of ground water into Mexicali Valley adjacent to the limitrophe section, thus, was about 36,000 acre-feet in 1960. The data on which the foregoing estimate is based are very meager.1973, Franklin Howard Olmsted, Omar Joseph Loeltz, Burdge Irelan, Geohydrology of the Yuma Area, Arizona and California

Noun

limitrophe (plural limitrophes)

  1. A border state or area.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:limitrophe.

limitrophe meaning in Tamil

limitrophe in Tamil

எல்லையை அடுத்துள்ள

Forms of limitrophe

plurallimitrophes

Origin of limitrophe

From French limitrophe, from Latin limitrophus.

Questions about limitrophe

What does limitrophe mean?
Limitrophe means border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
What is limitrophe in Tamil?
Limitrophe in Tamil is எல்லையை அடுத்துள்ள. See Limitrophe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is limitrophe?
Limitrophe can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce limitrophe?
Limitrophe is pronounced /ˈlɪmɪtɹəʊf/.

Words near limitrophe in the dictionary

  1. limitlessly
  2. limitlessness
  3. limitlessnesses
  4. limitour
  5. limitours
  6. limitrophe
  7. limitrophes
  8. limits
  9. limits inferior
  10. limits of positive stability
  11. limits out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: limitrophe (page history and authors); limitrophe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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