outskirts

/หˆaสŠtskษts/

IPA: /AW1 T S K ER0 T S/

noun
  1. 1

    The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

    โ€œHe lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

    โ€œMany people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To surround as an outskirt.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outskirts