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Pronunciation / Transliteration: fronteira
"Eles cruzaram a fronteira."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries.
"They crossed the border into Canada."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old French bordure, from borte 'rim, edge', of Germanic origin.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Border"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Border" is said worldwide
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frontière
Transliteration: frontière
"Ils ont traversé la frontière."
Grenze
Transliteration: Grenze
"Sie überquerten die Grenze."
confine
Transliteration: confine
"Hanno attraversato il confine."
frontera
Transliteration: frontera
"Cruzaron la frontera."
fronteira
Transliteration: fronteira
"Eles cruzaram a fronteira."
सीमा
Transliteration: seema
"वे सीमा पार कर गए।"
边境
Transliteration: biānjìng
"他们穿过了边境。"
국경
Transliteration: gukgyeong
"그들은 국경을 넘었다."
国境
Transliteration: kokkyō
"彼らは国境を越えた。"
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