LIMITROPHE


Meaning of LIMITROPHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈli-mə-ˌtrōf, -ˌtrȯf ]

adjective

Etymology: French, from Late Latin limitrophus bordering upon, literally, providing subsistence for frontier troops, irregular from Latin limit-, limes boundary + Greek trophos feeder, from trephein to nourish

Date: 1763

: situated on a border or frontier : adjacent

the area limitrophe to the river

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