The Borders, with a capital B, is a region of southern Scotland that sits against the border with England. People picture low rolling hills, farms, small towns, old abbeys, and rugby, not the high mountains of the Highlands. You will hear the Borders, the Scottish Borders, and Borders as a place name on signs and in weather reports. Someone from Hawick or Melrose may simply say they are from the Borders. It is a real area with its own history of raids and fighting across that line, which is why the name stuck. Though actually, border without the capital is just any edge between two countries; this name is that idea turned into a place.