limitrophe
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/ˈlɪmɪtɹəʊf/
Definition of limitrophe
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
“As was stipulated in the Firman of 1249, Servia shall be bound to send back home all emigrants from the limitrophe provinces, and, with the exception of the fortresses which exist in Servia ab antiquo, all fortifications subsequently erected […]”
“The total westward movement of ground water into Mexicali Valley adjacent to the limitrophe section, thus, was about 36,000 acre-feet in 1960. The data on which the foregoing estimate is based are very meager.”
“Ongoing Cooperation with Mexico Concerns regarding the riparian and estuarine ecology of the Colorado River in the limitrophe section (the approximately 24-mile portion of the Colorado River where the river forms the border […]”
“The problem lies in the rhizome – in the plane of understanding of the difference between mental space-aggressors and mental space-victims, which include all the limitrophe states.”
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adj
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Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
“As was stipulated in the Firman of 1249, Servia shall be bound to send back home all emigrants from the limitrophe provinces, and, with the exception of the fortresses which exist in Servia ab antiquo, all fortifications subsequently erected […]”
“The total westward movement of ground water into Mexicali Valley adjacent to the limitrophe section, thus, was about 36,000 acre-feet in 1960. The data on which the foregoing estimate is based are very meager.”
“Ongoing Cooperation with Mexico Concerns regarding the riparian and estuarine ecology of the Colorado River in the limitrophe section (the approximately 24-mile portion of the Colorado River where the river forms the border […]”
“The problem lies in the rhizome – in the plane of understanding of the difference between mental space-aggressors and mental space-victims, which include all the limitrophe states.”
noun
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A border state or area.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:limitrophe.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French limitrophe, from Latin limitrophus.
Words you can make from limitrophe
200+ playable · top: IMPOLITER (13 pts)
Best play impoliter 13 points8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
15 words6-letter words
44 words- PHLOEM 13 pts
- EPHORI 11 pts
- HERMIT 11 pts
- HIRPLE 11 pts
- HOMIER 11 pts
- MITHER 11 pts
- MOTHER 11 pts
- OPHITE 11 pts
- PITHOI 11 pts
- POTHER 11 pts
- THORPE 11 pts
- IMPORT 10 pts
- LIMPER 10 pts
- LIMPET 10 pts
- MOPIER 10 pts
- OPTIME 10 pts
- PERMIT 10 pts
- PRELIM 10 pts
- RIMPLE 10 pts
- TROMPE 10 pts
- EOLITH 9 pts
- HERIOT 9 pts
- HOLIER 9 pts
- LIROTH 9 pts
- LITHER 9 pts
- LIMIER 8 pts
- MERLOT 8 pts
- MILTER 8 pts
- MITIER 8 pts
- MOILER 8 pts
- MOLTER 8 pts
- MOTILE 8 pts
- PERITI 8 pts
- PETROL 8 pts
- PIOLET 8 pts
- PITIER 8 pts
- POLITE 8 pts
- PROTEI 8 pts
- REPLOT 8 pts
- TRIPLE 8 pts
- IOLITE 6 pts
- LOITER 6 pts
- OILIER 6 pts
- TOILER 6 pts
5-letter words
70 words- MORPH 12 pts
- EPHOR 10 pts
- HOLME 10 pts
- HOMER 10 pts
- HOMIE 10 pts
- HOPER 10 pts
- MIRTH 10 pts
- MOHEL 10 pts
- THERM 10 pts
- THORP 10 pts
- THRIP 10 pts
- TOPHE 10 pts
- TOPHI 10 pts
- IMPEL 9 pts
- IMPRO 9 pts
- MOPER 9 pts
- PRIME 9 pts
- PRIMI 9 pts
- PRIMO 9 pts
- PROEM 9 pts
- TEMPI 9 pts
- TEMPO 9 pts
- TROMP 9 pts
- HELIO 8 pts
- HELOT 8 pts
- HOTEL 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- LITHE 8 pts
- LITHO 8 pts
- OTHER 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- THIOL 8 pts
- THIRL 8 pts
- THOLE 8 pts
- THROE 8 pts
- LIMIT 7 pts
- LOPER 7 pts
- MERIT 7 pts
- METOL 7 pts
- METRO 7 pts
- MILER 7 pts
- MITER 7 pts
- MITRE 7 pts
- MOIRE 7 pts
- MOREL 7 pts
- MOTEL 7 pts
- PERIL 7 pts
- PILEI 7 pts
- PILOT 7 pts
- PLIER 7 pts
- POLER 7 pts
- PROLE 7 pts
- REMIT 7 pts
- REPOT 7 pts
- TIMER 7 pts
- TOPER 7 pts
- TRIPE 7 pts
- TROPE 7 pts
- LIROT 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- OILER 5 pts
- ORIEL 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- REOIL 5 pts
- TELOI 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TOILE 5 pts
- TORII 5 pts
- TRIOL 5 pts
4-letter words
67 words- HEMP 11 pts
- HELM 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- HERM 9 pts
- HOLM 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- HOME 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- METH 9 pts
- MOTH 9 pts
- PHEO 9 pts
- PHOT 9 pts
- IMPI 8 pts
- LIMP 8 pts
- MOPE 8 pts
- PERM 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HILI 7 pts
- HILT 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLT 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- LOTH 7 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- LIME 6 pts
- LIMO 6 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- MELT 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MILE 6 pts
- MILO 6 pts
- MILT 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- MIRI 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- MOIL 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOLT 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- OMIT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LIRI 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOTI 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
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