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borderland

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːdəland/
Definition of borderland

noun

(usually borderlands)
  • a district near the line separating two countries or areas: the eastern borderlands
  • an area of overlap between two things:the murky borderland between history and myth

borderland in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of borderland in the US English dictionary
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