The church sits on the outskirts of town.
Source: tatoeba (19080)
Outskirts
//ˈaʊtskɝts//
Synonyms for "outskirts" (166 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
marchlandmarket townmegalopolismetesmetes and boundsmetropolismetropolitan areamidtownmilieumunicipalityneighborhoodnorth polenowhereoutbackouter mongoliaouter spaceoutlineoutlinesoutpostoutposts
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pago pagopaleparameterparametersperimeterperipherypillars of herculespolepolisprecinctspurlieupurlieusred light districtred-light districtresidential districtrun-down neighborhoodshopping centersiberiasituationskid roadskid rowskirtskirtsslumslumssouth polespread citystadtstickssuburbsuburbiasuburbssurroundingstenderlointenement districtthe boondocksthe great dividethe moonthe south seasthe sticksthe tulliesthree-mile limitthuletierra del fuegotimbuktutotal environmenttowntownshiptwelve-mile limitultima thuleuptownurban blighturban complexurban sprawlurbsvergevergesvicinagevicinityvillewest endwest sideyukon
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Translations
43 translations across 23 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- kənar noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- qıraq noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- ucqar noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Belarusian
1 entries- ускра́іна noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Bulgarian
1 entries- покрайнина noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Catalan
2 entries- afores noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- extraradi noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 郊區 /郊区 noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- 郊外 noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Finnish
3 entries- esikaupunki noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- laitakaupunki noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- laitamat noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
French
1 entries- banlieue noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
German
1 entries- Stadtrand noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Greek
1 entries- περίχωρα noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Hungarian
1 entries- külváros noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Irish
2 entries- ciumhais noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- imeachtar noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Italian
1 entries- periferia noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Japanese
2 entries- 町外れ noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- 郊外 noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Korean
2 entries- 교외 noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- 근교 noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دامن noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Persian
1 entries- حوالی noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Polish
1 entries- peryferie noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Portuguese
4 entries- arrabalde noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- arredores noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- periferia noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- subúrbio noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Russian
2 entries- окра́ина noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- предме́стья noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Spanish
4 entries- afueras noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- aledaño noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- aledaños noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- alrededores noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Swedish
2 entries- utkant noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
- utkanter noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Telugu
1 entries- శివార్లు noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Welsh
1 entries- cyrion noun (the edges or areas around a city or town)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My house is on the outskirts of town.
Source: tatoeba (250528)
I live on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Source: tatoeba (259667)
Tom lives in a three-bedroom house on the outskirts of Boston.
Source: tatoeba (1024549)
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