outskirts
[plural noun]
edge, boundary, environs, periphery, suburbia, suburbs

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English Thesaurus: city, town, capital, metropolis, urban, ...

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out‧skirts /ˈaʊtskɜːts $ -ɜːr-/ noun [plural]
the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
on the outskirts (of something)
They live on the outskirts of Paris.

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outskirts
noun
ADJ. sprawling | city | northern, etc.
VERB + OUTSKIRTS reach
PREP. in the ~ a school in the outskirts of Athens
on the ~ We live on the outskirts of Leeds.
through the ~ driving through the outskirts of London

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city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town:
The nearest big city is San Francisco.
town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city:
La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state is:
We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity:
After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities:
Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas.
urban development
the outskirts the area around the edge of a city or just outside it:
Disneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.
suburb an area around the edges of a city, where many people live:
He lives in a suburb of London.
⇒ the suburbs:
More and more people are moving to the suburbs.

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edge the part of something that is furthest from its centre or nearest the place where it ends:
He got up quickly, knocking his plate off the edge of the table.
the outer edge of the village
side the part of something that is near its left or right edge:
On the left side of the garden there was an old stone wall.
They parked by the side of the road.
rim the edge of something circular, especially the top of a cup or glass, or the outside edge of a pair of glasses:
a white cup with a gold rim
She was looking at me over the rim of her spectacles.
margin the empty space at the side of a page that has writing on it:
My teacher had marked my essay and made some comments in the margin.
Leave wide margins on both sides of the page.
hem the edge of a piece of cloth that is turned under and stitched down, especially the lower edge of a skirt, trousers etc:
If you want the dress a bit shorter, I can easily turn up the hem.
kerb British English, curb American English the edge of the pavement (=raised path) at the side of a road:
A big black car was parked at the kerb.
outskirts the areas of a city that are furthest away from the centre:
The new station was built on the outskirts of the city.
perimeter the outside edge around an enclosed area of land such as a military camp or a prison:
Security guards patrol the perimeter night and day.

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