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outskirts

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outskirts [ˈaʊtˌskɜːts]
pl n
(sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc., as of a city
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Noun1.outskirtsoutskirts - outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"

outskirts
plural noun edge, borders, boundary, suburbs, fringe, perimeter, vicinity, periphery, suburbia, environs, purlieus, faubourgs The house is on the outskirts of New York.
Translations
outskirts [ˈaʊtskɜːts] NPL [of town] → afueras fpl, alrededores mpl; [of wood] → cercanías fpl

outskirts [ˈaʊtskɜːrts] nplpériphérie f
on the outskirts of → à la périphérie de
on the outskirts of the town → à la périphérie de la ville

outskirts [ˈaʊtˌskɜːts] npl (of town) → sobborghi mpl, periferia fsg; (of wood) → limitare msg, margine msg
outskirts [ˈaʊtˌskɜːts] npl (of town) → sobborghi mpl, periferia fsg; (of wood) → limitare msg, margine msg

outskirts
n pl outskirts [ˈautskəːts]
the outer parts or area, especially of a town I live on the outskirts of London. grens, uithoeke, buitewyke ضَواحي، أطْراف покрайнини předměstí udkant der Stadtrand περίχωρα afueras, alrededores eeslinn اطراف؛ حوالی esikaupunki banlieue מְבוֹאוֹת הָעִיר बाहरी छोर predgrađe, prilaz külváros pinggiran útjaðar periferia はずれ 변두리, 교외 pakraštys, priemiestis nomale; priekšpilsēta pinggir rand utkant peryferie arredores periferie окраина, предместье predmestie predmestje predgrađe utkanter, ytterområden พื้นที่รอบนอกของเมือง kent dışı, varoş 郊區,邊界,市郊 околиці; передмістя اطراف، مضافات ngoại ô

outskirts ضواح předměstí udkant Stadtrand περίχωρα afueras laitaosat environs predgrađe periferia 郊外 변두리 buitenwijken utkant krańce arredores окраина ytterområden ชานเมือง eteklerinde vùng ngoại ô 市郊


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The infantry regiments that had been caught unawares in the outskirts of the wood ran out of it, the different companies getting mixed, and retreated as a disorderly crowd.
My room is a wretched, horrid one in the outskirts of the town.
The place of execution was a high hill, on the outskirts of Salem; so that many of the sufferers, as they stood beneath the gallows, could discern their own habitations in the town.
 
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