Periphery

Noun

 * 1) The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
 * ''The suburbs are a city's periphery
 * 1) A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

 * center

Related terms

 * peripherad
 * peripheral

Thesaurus
alentours, ambience, ambit, border, borderlands, bound, boundaries, boundary, bounds, bourns, brim, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumference, circumjacencies, circumscription, circumstances, compass, confines, context, coordinates, cortex, covering, crust, edge, edges, entourage, envelope, environing circumstances, environment, environs, epidermis, exterior, external, facade, face, facet, fringe, fringes, front, gestalt, habitat, integument, limitations, limits, lineaments, marches, margin, metes, metes and bounds, milieu, neighborhood, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outlines, outposts, outside, outskirts, pale, parameters, perimeter, precincts, purlieus, rim, rind, shell, situation, skin, skirts, suburbs, superficies, superstratum, surface, surroundings, top, total environment, verge, verges, vicinage, vicinity

Etymology
< periferie: <  peripherie: <  peripheria: <  περιφέρεια: < περιφερής: < περιφέρω: < περί: + φέρω:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish: periferi, udkant
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Peripherie


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: periferia
 * Romanian: periferie
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: çevre, dolay, etraf, civar


 * Greek:


 * Turkish: periferi