BORDERLAND

borderland, border district, march, marchland

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

borderland (plural borderlands)

land near a border; marches

Synonym: marchland

Hypernym: land

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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