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Noun
/ˈbôrdərˌland/,
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borderlands, plural;
  1. The district near a border

  2. An area of overlap between two things
    • - the murky borderland between history and myth
  1. 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"
  2. Borderland is a 2007 horror film written and directed by Zev Berman. It is released as one of the 8 Films to Die For at Horrorfest 2007. It is loosely based on the true story of Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, the leader of a religious cult that practiced human sacrifice. ...
  3. "The Borderland" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It was the second episode to be produced, and first aired on 16 December 1963, during the first season.
  4. (Borderlands (novel)) Borderlands is a 1991 children's historical novel by author Peter Carter Originally published in the UK in 1990 as Leaving Cheyenne, it is a study of the American West in 1871 as seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy.
  5. (Borderlands (video game)) Borderlands is a science fiction first-person shooter with RPG elements that was developed by Gearbox Software for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was first revealed in the September 2007 issue of Game Informer magazine. ...
  6. (Borderlands (Wheel of Time)) This article is about countries, cities, towns, and other important locations in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series. ...
  7. land near a border; marches
  8. (Borderlands) The area of common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States. (240)
  9. (Borderlands) The realm within the Wayrift that exists on the fringes of the parallel dimensions Blue Star and Darkstar. The existence and balance of this world is mysteriously connected to the figments themselves…
  10. (Borderlands) part manifesto/part poetry/part forgotten Latina history, is arguably Anzaldúa's magnum opus. In her book, a central theme is her revised self definition as the "new mestiza". ...
  11. (Borderlands) the: The nations bordering the Great Blight: Saldaea, Arafel, Kandor, and Shienar.
  12. (borderlands) Geographical and metaphorical spaces on the margin of dominant cultures where new hybrid forms of identity can emerge. See hybridity, liminal space, heterotopia, third space.
  13. Synonymous with such phrases as the castle of doubt, palace of womb, and realm of indolence, the person of self-power is born temporarily in the borderland before eventually attaining birth in the Pure Land.
  14. A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary.  It is in a constant state of transition (25).  It is also a place of contradictions-an uncomfortable place.  Hatred, fear and exploitation are the prominent features of this landscape (25).
  15. The word "borderland" has many symbolic synonyms in the Course which help define its meaning: the bridge between the ego and Heaven, the journey' s end, rebirth, the lawns or gate of Heaven, the end of perception, salvation' s end, the goal of right-mindedness, Holy relationships, Christ vision, ...