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Word: Demarcation
Speech Type: Noun
early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarcar ‘mark the bounds of’, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to mark. Originally used in the phrase line of demarcation (Spanish línea de demarcación, Portuguese linha de demarcação), the word denoted a line dividing the New World between the Spanish and Portuguese, laid down by the Pope in 1493
ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃn
the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something
Short Definition:action of fixing boundary or limits of something
Examples:- the demarcation of the maritime border
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