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borderlands

noun

plural of borderland

as in borders

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 borderlands Earlier this year, CNN talked to travelers choosing to vacation in war zones, radiation sites and volatile borderlands. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Several echoes of the borderlands mark the menu at Mariella’s, which is as extensive as that of a full-on cantina and grill. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The new version continues Musgraves’ exploration of the musical traditions that connect Texas, country music and the Mexican-American borderlands — a theme that runs throughout her latest Lost Highway album, Middle of Nowhere. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026 Trail cameras captured new images of Cinco the jaguar, one of five jaguars known to have roamed southern Arizona's borderlands. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2026 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

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Meanwhile, North Korea has been adding mines, barbed wire fences, tactical roads, anti-tank walls and other fortifications to what's already one of the world's most heavily armed borders.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
That protects state budgets but leaves businesses within their borders with less money to invest.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

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