borderless

English

Etymology

border +‎ -less

Adjective

borderless (not comparable)

1. Not having a border.
   • 2018 November 11, Achille Mbembe, “The idea of a borderless world”, in Africa Is a Country‎^[1]:

     More specifically I would like to see whether and under what conditions we could re-engineer the utopia of a borderless world, and by extension, a borderless Africa, since, as far as I know, Africa is part of the world. And the world is part of Africa.

   • 2023 January 1, “Croatia adopts euro, enters borderless Europe club on New Year”, in Al Jazeera‎^[2]:

     “We opened our doors to borderless Europe. This goes beyond eliminating border controls, it is the final affirmation of our European identity,” Bozinovic said.

   • 2024 May 24, “Schengen area: Council adopts update of Schengen Borders Code”, in Council of the European Union‎^[3]:

     The reform is instrumental in making the Schengen area more resilient to present and future crises at its external borders. It makes also sure that people living and travelling in the EU can fully enjoy the benefits of borderless travel.

Derived terms

• borderlessness

 

Translations

lacking edges, limits, or boundaries

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 無色界／无色界 (mou⁴ sik¹ gaai³) (Buddhism)

  Mandarin: 無色界／无色界 (zh) (wúsèjiè) (Buddhism)

• Danish: grænseløs
• Esperanto: senlima
• Estonian: piirideta
• German: grenzenlos (de), unbegrenzt (de)
• Hungarian: határtalan (hu)
• Polish: bezgraniczny (pl)
• Swedish: gränslös (sv)
• Turkish: sınırsız (tr), uçsuz bucaksız (tr) (idiomatic), hudutsuz (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 無境界 (むきょうかい, mushikikai)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ボーダレス (boderesu)