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Definition 2024

outskirts

outskirts

English

Noun

outskirts

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

Usage notes

The plural is used much more often than the singular

Translations

the edges or areas around a city or town

Chinese:
Mandarin: 郊外 (zh) ‎(jiāowài), 郊區 (zh), 郊区 (zh) ‎(jiāoqū)
Finnish: laitakaupunki, esikaupunki, laitamat
French: banlieue (fr) f
German: Stadtrand (de) m
Greek: περίχωρα (el) n pl ‎(períchora)
Hungarian: külváros (hu)
Irish: ciumhais f
Italian: periferia (it) f

Japanese: 郊外 (ja) ‎(こうがい, kōgai), 町外れ ‎(まちはずれ, machihazure)
Korean: 교외 (ko) ‎(gyooe), 근교 (ko) ‎(geun-gyo)
Persian: حوالی (fa) ‎(havâli)
Portuguese: periferia f (Brazil)
Russian: окра́ина (ru) f ‎(okráina) (го́рода), предме́стья (ru) n pl ‎(predméstʹja)
Spanish: afueras (es) f pl
Swedish: utkant (sv) c, utkanter c pl
Telugu: శివార్లు ‎(śivārlu)
Welsh: cyrion pl

Etymology 2

Noun

outskirts

plural of outskirt