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Definition of Borderland
1. Noun. District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area. "The Welsh marches between England and Wales"
Generic synonyms: District, Dominion, Territorial Dominion, Territory
Derivative terms: March
Definition of Borderland
1. Noun. land near a border; marches ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Borderland
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Borderland
Literary usage of Borderland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"... he never to stir out of London, might set up as an average expert, on with
more than an average expert's knowledge, of the borderland vividly painted. ..."
2. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"borderland Beyond the river I-forget. One crosses by a single stone So narrow
... AND have you been to borderland ? Its country lies on either hand Beneath ..."
3. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1905)
"55.80 Ash 6.20 41.78 54.44 2.42 100.00 100.00 Sulphur 2.280 An analysis of the
bed at the -100-foot level was made for the borderland Coal Company, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"THE borderland OF SCIENCE AND FAITH. Walks in the regions of science and faith:
a series of essays. By HARVEY GOODWIN, DD, Lord Bishop of Carlisle. ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"( ) The Bantu borderland in Western Africa. By HH JOHNSTON, HM Vice-Consul,
Cameroons. Map, p. 676. THE region stretching from Old Calabar and the Cross ..."
6. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"Of the Meeting of Law and Fact in the borderland of Fictions and Presumptions.
The application of law to facts constitutes government, or the enforcement ..."
7. Asian Review by East India Association (London, England) (1901)
"THE INDIAN borderland.* By AN OLD PUNJABI. THE reminiscences of a busy adventurous
surveyor in the unmapped countries lying between India and Russia would ..."
8. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"borderland CASES. Those cases of mental derangement who, while their condition
renders removal from home desirable, are not certifiable. ..."
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