bourn

also n.

A small stream; a brook.

[Middle English, from Old English burna.]

bourn² also bourne (bôrn, bōrn, bʊrn)
n. Archaic.

1. A destination; a goal.
2. A boundary; a limit.

[French bourne, from French dialectal bosne, borne, from Old French bodne, limit, boundary marker, from Medieval Latin bodina, of Celtic origin.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an archaic term for a boundary
  Synonym: bourne

Meaning #2: an archaic term for a goal or destination
  Synonym: bourne

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bæk

2.
n. - mål, grænse

Nederlands (Dutch)
stroompje, grens, doel

Français (French)
1.
n. - ruisseau

2.
n. - destination, but (arch), limite, frontière

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Bach

2.
n. - Grenze, Ziel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποταμάκι, ρυάκι, σκοπός, προορισμός, σύνορο, όριο

Italiano (Italian)
ruscello, limite

Português (Portuguese)
n. - riacho (m), limite (m)

Русский (Russian)
река, граница

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - regato

2.
n. - frontera, límite

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bäck, mål, gräns

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 小河

2. 界限, 目的地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 界限, 目的地

2.
n. - 小河

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 시내 개울

2.
n. - 경계, 목적, 영역

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小川, 限界, 目的地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جدول ماء صغير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נחל‬
n. - ‮גבול‬

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