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• Border outpost — For other uses, see Outpost. A border outpost[1], border out post[2], border observation post[3] or BOP[4][5] is an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and… …   Wikipedia

• border outpost — small town located on a boundary …   English contemporary dictionary

• Outpost — may refer to: Places: Outpost (military) Outpost (civilian) Outpost (Border) Outpost (human) Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California, a canyon neighborhood Outpost Islands, Nunavut, Canada In entertainment: Outpost (1981 computer game), an… …   Wikipedia

• Outpost (military) — For other uses, see Outpost. An Outpost in military terminology essentially means a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to… …   Wikipedia

• Border checkpoint — The San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego Tijuana is the second busiest border crossing in the world.[1] A border checkpoint is a place, generally between two countries, where travellers and/or goods are inspected. Authorization often is… …   Wikipedia

• border — [n1] outermost edge, margin bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge; concepts 484,827 Ant. center,… …   New thesaurus

• border — I noun ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline …   Law dictionary

• outpost — index border, frontier, periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• outpost — [out′pōst΄] n. 1. Mil. a) a small group stationed at a distance from the main force in order to prevent an enemy surprise attack b) the place or station occupied by such a group c) any military base away from the home country 2. a settlement on a …   English World dictionary

• Border Princes — Torchwoodbook title=Border Princes number=2 featuring=Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Owen Harper Toshiko Sato Ianto JonesJames Mayer writer=Dan Abnett publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 978 0 563 48654 1 set between= Ghost Machine and Cyberwoman pages=254… …   Wikipedia

• outpost — Synonyms and related words: Berlin wall, China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, advance guard,… …   Moby Thesaurus