outskirts

[US]/ˈaʊtskɜːts/
[UK]/ˈaʊtskɜːrts/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the outer area or district of a city or town, especially a residential one.

Phrases & Collocations

on the outskirts

near the outskirts

Example Sentences

We live on the outskirts of the city.

a school in the outskirts of Athens

driving through the outskirts of London

Kate’s house was on the western outskirts of the town.

The factory is on a large industrial estate on the outskirts of town.

he was domiciled in a frame house in the outskirts of Bogotá.

it was still night when we hit the outskirts of London.

Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.

Police say the gunmen, dressed in Iraqi army uniforms and driving army-type vehicles, broke into the home of the Batta tribal chief on the outskirts of Baghdad early Wednesday.

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