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confins

confines, outermost limits

noun kohn-FAN Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Usage Note

Confins is almost always used in the plural and denotes the remotest or most extreme edges of a territory. Aux confins du monde means 'at the ends of the earth'. It carries a literary or geographical flavour and is rarely used in casual speech; bout or extrémité are more everyday alternatives.

Examples

"Ils vivaient aux confins du désert."

Natural Translation

They lived at the edges of the desert.

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