Definition of Rimland

1. Noun. a land or region at the periphery of a heartland ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rimland

1. an outlying area [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rimland

rimeless
rimer
rimers
rimes
rimester
rimesters
rimfire
rimfires
rimier
rimiest
riminess
riminesses
riming
riminophenazines
rimkorolgite
rimland (current term)
rimland theory
rimlands
rimless
rimmed
rimmers
rimming
rimmings
rimonabant
rimose
rimosely
rimosities
rimosity
rimous

Literary usage of Rimland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Assessing Psychopathology and Behavior Problems in Persons With Mental (1994)
"rimland, B. (1964). Infantile autism: The syndrome and its implications for a neural ... rimland, B. (1968). On the objective diagnosis of infantile autism. ..."

2. The Drama in Former Yugoslavia: The Beginning of the End or the End of the by Anton Zabkar (1998)
"... the economical cooperation between Europe in the Asian Pac Rim (Pacific rimland) will be expended, the European role of Adriatic ports and the sea lanes ..."

3. The Strategic Quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan, and the United States in by Michael Mandelbaum (1995)
"And between this collar of states and Russia is a new inner rimland—Central Asia, Transcaucasia, and Moldova— plagued with violent conflicts capable of ..."

4. The Chinese Armed Forces in the 21st Century edited by Larry M. Wortzel (2001)
"We see hedging by rimland and maritime Asian nations in this direction today. But realistically, it is important to appreciate that it would take decades ..."

5. Russian Foreign Policy: Proliferation to Rogue Regimes, Hearing Before the by Benjamin A. Gilman (1999)
"... rimland is a period of sustained political and economic reforms and greater integration into the world economy. But today's Russia is not about to ..."

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