PERIPHERY


Meaning of PERIPHERY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. the boundary of an area or surface.

2 an outer or surrounding region (built on the periphery of the old town).

Etymology: LL peripheria f. Gk periphereia circumference (as PERI-, phereia f. phero bear)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.