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frontier Noun 1. the region of a country bordering on another or a line marking such a boundary 2. the edge of the settled area of a country 3. frontiers the limit of knowledge in a particular field: twenty years ago, laser spectroscopy was on the frontiers of chemical research [Old French front part which is opposite]
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frontier Translationsfrontier n frontier [ˈfrantiə, (American ) franˈtiər] 1 a boundary between countries We crossed the frontier; (also adjective ) a frontier town. grens حَد граница hranice; pohraniční grænse; grænse- die Grenze, Grenz-... σύνορο, μεθοριακός, παραμεθόριος frontera piir مرز raja frontière גְבוּל सरहद granica; pogranični, granični (ország)határ perbatasan landamæri frontiera, di frontiera 国境 국경 (지역) siena; pasienio robeža; robežas- sempadan negara grens grense(-) granica fronteira (de) frontieră граница hranica; pohraničný meja; mejen granica gräns เขตแดน hudut, sınır 國境 кордон دو ملکوں کے بیچ کی سرحد biên giới 国境 2 the farthest area of land on which people live and work, before the country becomes wild and deserted Many families went to make a new life on the frontier. grens تُخم، تُخوم، أطراف، حُدود граница на населено място pohraničí grænseområde das Grenzgebiet παραμεθόριος περιοχή frontera ääremaa سرزمین مرزی rajaseutu frontière סְפָר सीमान्त क्षेत्र zapadna granica naseljenosti határterület daerah liar útmörk byggðar frontiera 辺境 변경, 미개척지 tolimiausi apgyvendinti plotai zemes vistālākā apgūtā teritorija kawasan terpencil kolonisatiegrens koloniseringsgrense pogranicze fronteira frontieră новые земли pohraničie rob divjine neispitana zemlja gränsområde, nybyggarområde อาณาเขต en uzak oturma bölgesi 邊疆 рубіж آباد اور غیر آباد علاقوں کی درمیانی حد khu vực biên giới 边疆 3 the limits or boundaries (of knowledge etc) the frontiers of scientific knowledge. limiet حُدود предл hranice grænse; grænseområde die Grenze όριο frontera piir مرز raja frontière גְבוּלוֹת सीमान्त ogranicenja, granica határ batas útmörk þekkingar confine 最前線 미지의 분야 riba (zināšanu) robežas batas grens grense(land) granica fronteira limită предел hranica meje granica forskningsfält ขอบข่าย sınır, hudut 極限,邊緣 межа کسی موضوع پر معلومات کی انتہا lĩnh vực 极限,边缘 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Later, I learned that my surmise was correct, and this was but one of a great chain of similar posts that dotted the new frontier of the black nation into whose hands I had fallen. That gentleman having acquired sufficient fortune, sold out his interest and retired; and the leading spirit that succeeded him was Captain William Sublette; a man worthy of note, as his name has become renowned in frontier story. History and tradition are unusually minute in their memorials of their affair; and the captain of a scouting party of frontier men has acquired as actual a military renown as many a victorious leader of thousands. |
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