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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
borderland
noun
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▪ All princes had to face the problems posed by distant and turbulent borderlands.
▪ Instead, nationalist argument and continual bickering between nation-states played on the fears and worries of the borderlands.
▪ Intensification of cold allowed the arctic flora and fauna to spread southward; amelioration encouraged repossession of the borderlands by temperate species.
▪ The borderland between gentlemen and others occurred in the region below £20 a year.
▪ The Civil War had been fought in the main in the borderlands, precisely where the national question was at its most urgent.
▪ The painter Cristina C rdenas has used art to raise up a man who in these borderlands is officially hunted and despised.
▪ The priority was to neutralize the borderlands against the Whites and foreign intervention, to ensure the military security of the Republic.
▪ The terror has come to the desert of southern Arizona, along with a few pockets of the Texas borderlands.
Wiktionary
borderland

n. land near a border; marches

WordNet
borderland

n. 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" [syn: border district, march, marchland]

Wikipedia
Borderland (Star Trek: Enterprise)

"Borderland" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise that originally aired on October 29, 2004, on UPN. The script was written by Ken LaZebnik, and was directed by David Livingston. The episode featured the first appearance of Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner in Enterprise, and the last appearance of J. G. Hertzler in the Star Trek franchise. It also featured guest appearances by Bobbi Sue Luther and WWE wrestler Big Show.

The series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, genetically engineered humans called "Augments" capture a Klingon vessel, and the Enterprise is sent to find them. They retrieve the Augments' creator, Doctor Arik Soong (Brent Spiner), and head in pursuit. After being attacked by Orions and rescuing their crew members, the ship is attacked by Augments who retrieve their creator. The episode is the first of a three episode arc, followed by " Cold Station 12", and " The Augments".

It also featured the first appearance of male members of the Orion species, despite female members appearing in the first pilot of The Original Series. The reception from critics was mixed, with Spiner's performance generally praised. The episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination.

Borderland

Borderland or Borderlands are the geographical space or zone around a territorial border. It may also refer to:

Borderland (film)

Borderland is a 2007 horror film written and directed by Zev Berman. It is loosely based on the true story of Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, a drug lord and the leader of a religious cult that practiced human sacrifice Costanzo and his followers, called the Narco-satanists, kidnapped and murdered University of Texas junior, Mark J. Kilroy, in the spring of 1989.

Borderland (magazine)

Borderland was a magazine founded and edited by William Thomas Stead from 1893 to 1897. The focus of the publication was on spiritualism and psychical research, mainly from a supportive point of view.

In the 1890s, Stead became increasingly interested in spiritualism. In 1893 he founded Borderland as a popular spiritualist magazine giving full play to his interest in psychical research. The magazine appeared quarterly, priced 1/6. Stead declared that the new magazine would be for the general public, in distinction to the "select few" of the Society for Psychical Research As with the Review of Reviews, Stead was both proprietor and editor. He employed Ada Goodrich Freer as assistant editor: she was also a substantial contributor under the pseudonym "Miss X". Stead claimed that he was in the habit of communicating with Freer by telepathy and automatic writing. The magazine ceased publication in October 1897.

Borderland (The Chevin album)

Borderland is the debut studio album by English alternative band The Chevin, released on September 25, 2012.

Borderland (John Mark McMillan album)

Borderland is the fourth album by Christian singer and songwriter John Mark McMillan, and it released on March 4, 2014 by Lionhawk Records, which is his own newly established label. The album charted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200, and it got positive reviews from HM, three from Jesus Freak Hideout, New Release Tuesday and Worship Leader, which it got one mixed review from CCM Magazine.

Borderland (1922 film)

Borderland is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Agnes Ayres, Milton Sills, Fred Huntley, Bertram Grassby, Casson Ferguson, Ruby Lafayette, and Sylvia Ashton. The film was released on July 20, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.

Borderland (1937 film)

Borderland is a 1937 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, John Beach, Nora Lane, and Charlene Wyatt. The film was released on February 26, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.

Usage examples of "borderland".

They would meet in a little while in public, conduct their public business, then drift casually away to a small cabin the man leased and used in the borderland south of Agua Prieta, Mexico, primarily for hunting quail.

The full name of this creek is El Rio de las Animas Arrepentidas en Limbo, or the River of the Compensating Souls in the Borderland of Limes.

Away out in the backblocks in the borderland of savagery, the skin-hunters, drovers, station-hands, prospectors and other adventurous vagrants heard the rumours of the invasion which spread like wild-fire to the loneliest camps.

The Dardani and the Triballi, two of the major tribes, constantly raided the borderlands of Roman Macedonia.

According to its Web site, Borderland currently specializes in alternative medicine, radionics, psychotronics, water technology, dowsing and radiesthesia, Tesla technology, and new energy.

It is not they themselves who fall, but they become so sensitive, so psychic, that, although they do not know they are on the borderland, earthbound spirits step in, control them and they fall.

The Borderland rulers all had ties to the White Tower, and no doubt Elaida was still eager to get her hands on him.

Ogier were not exactly common in the Borderlands, or anywhere else, but they were known and accepted here, and Loial had been in Fal Dara long enough to excite little comment.

Feared the Aes Sedai might be, but in the Borderlands, they were far from being hated, and a disrespectful comment about them could land you in a fight, or worse.

He would not go back upriver, back to the Borderlands, for all the silk shipped in Taren bottoms.

Like most people who had never been to the Borderlands, Nieda did not believe in Trollocs.

We in the Borderlands have our battle with the Blight to keep us strong, and whole.

They spilled out the names of important, powerful people whom they knew in the Borderlands, in Cairhien, and other lands.

Horn of Valere to the Borderlands with Trollocs and Darkfriends pursuing.

We fight to hold the Borderlands, to keep them safe in their houses, and every year, despite all we can do, the Blight advances.