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Definition of borderland noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

borderland

noun
 
/ˈbɔːdəlænd/
 
/ˈbɔːrdərlænd/
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  1. [countable] an area of land close to a border between two countries
  2. [singular] an area between two qualities, ideas or subjects that has features of both but is not clearly one or the other
    • the murky borderland between history and myth
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