frontier settlement
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- noun
- /frʌnˈtɪr ˈsɛtəlmənt/
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asentamiento fronterizo
- The most productive of these frontier settlements included Clay-Ashland (founded in 1846), New York (1852), and Arthington (1870).
Examples
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Dandong was an important frontier settlement in ancient China.
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As the country expanded and frontier settlements grew in size, the tradition of public education also expanded into new environments.
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Xinguara still looks like an unkempt frontier settlement with few urban graces, but the town is gradually witnessing improvements in its physical infrastructure.
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Since the 1600s, New York has been continually recast—from a minor frontier settlement to a port city, a manufacturing city, a financial center, and eventually a de facto world capital.
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One of the earliest frontier settlements in America was established by pioneers seeking new opportunities.
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As settlers moved westward, many chose to establish their homes in frontier settlements near the edge of civilization.
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Life in a frontier settlement often involved hard work and cooperation among neighbors to thrive in the wilderness.
Synonyms
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A place where people start living together in a new area
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A small station far from towns used for military work, research, or trade
How Established
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a community established on the border of settled territory' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'frontier' (edge/margin of settlement and wilderness) with 'settlement' (a community founded in a new or remote area). This straightforward noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun frontier settlement comes from the picture of a small settlement built on the frontier, the 'edge' of known land where pioneers lived in simple homes with few supplies and many dangers. So, it means a community set at the border of settled land.