Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
outlying areas (as of a city or town);
- Example: "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"- Example: "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outskirts
n 1: outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the
outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of
the crowd"