蕃ばん境きょう

noun

land of the barbarians

Archaic term referring to uncivilized or foreign lands from a historical Sino-Japanese perspective. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、蕃ばん境きょうという言こと葉ばが異い民みん族ぞくの地ちを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 蕃境 is used to refer to the lands of foreign peoples.