Surrounding areas

• City fringes
• Part of town public steers clear of
• Fringes dated on ladies' clothing
• Togs for leaving town?
• City's periphery
• Rural-urban transition area
• Unfashionable garments for the suburbs

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the outskirts of a city (= the edge ) ▪ There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city. the outskirts/edge of a town ▪ It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Outskirts may refer to: Rural–urban fringe or outskirts, a transition zone where urban and rural uses mix Outskirts (album) , a 1987 album by Blue Rodeo Outskirts (1933 film) , a 1933 Soviet film by Boris Barnet The Outskirts (1998 film) , a 1998 Russian ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"