borderland
nounUK /ˈbɔːdəlænd/
US /ˈbɔːrdərlænd/
A borderland is the land near the edge of a country.
They lived in a quiet borderland between the two countries.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. An unclear area between two ideas or subjects.
Her stories live in the borderland between fact and fiction.
3. A place where two different things meet and mix.
The marsh is a borderland where land meets water.
4. A region that is not fully part of either side.
The town became a borderland of two cultures.