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borderland

noun

ˈbȯr-dər-ˌland

Definition of borderland

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 In borderlands the ground is always disturbed by history, and south-eastern Poland is no exception. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history. — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026 And in Istria, especially Croatian Istria but also Dubrovnik and across the borderlands of Slovenia and northeastern Italy, Malvasia takes a very different form. — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 Residents of borderlands are by definition bilingual; their cultures mixed and distinctive. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for borderland

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Ukrainian drones killed a woman in a Russian border region and disrupted flights at Moscow's airports, according to Russian authorities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
His income will be augmented by a deal to help control Haiti’s porous border with the Dominican Republic for the next 10 years in return for 10% of any new customs revenue collected.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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