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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Image But Lebanese soldiers have yet to take charge of the borderlands further to the east, with the exception of the area around Khiam, a town in southeast Lebanon that was the site of fierce fighting during the war.
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The Madrean Sky Islands, a smattering of tall borderlands ranges that rise where the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts meet, are critical stepping stones for migrating birds and some of America’s rarest mammals, who rely on the forests, springs and prey to survive their journeys.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Humane Borders, which provides support for the camp near Sasabe, does water drops across the borderlands.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
The eastern borderlands of Democratic Republic of Congo, a country roughly the size of Western Europe, remain a tinder-box of rebel zones and militia fiefdoms in the wake of two successive regional wars stemming from Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The Madrean Sky Islands, a smattering of tall borderlands ranges that rise where the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts meet, are critical stepping stones for migrating birds and some of America’s rarest mammals, who rely on the forests, springs and prey to survive their journeys.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Humane Borders, which provides support for the camp near Sasabe, does water drops across the borderlands.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
The eastern borderlands of Democratic Republic of Congo, a country roughly the size of Western Europe, remain a tinder-box of rebel zones and militia fiefdoms in the wake of two successive regional wars stemming from Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderland. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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