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BORDER DISTRICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does border district mean? 

BORDER DISTRICT (noun)
  The noun BORDER DISTRICT has 1 sense:

1. district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an areaplay

  Familiarity information: BORDER DISTRICT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BORDER DISTRICT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

border district; borderland; march; marchland

Context example:

the Welsh marches between England and Wales

Hypernyms ("border district" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)


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