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peripheries

peripheries is the plural of periphery.

Meaning of periphery

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

  1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
    • The suburbs are a city's periphery.
  2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
  3. The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

Phrases with peripheries

Questions about peripheries

What is peripheries the plural of?
Peripheries is the plural of periphery.

Words near peripheries in the dictionary

  1. peripherals
  2. peripherial
  3. peripheric
  4. peripherical
  5. peripherically
  6. peripheries
  7. peripherin
  8. peripherization
  9. peripherolobular
  10. peripherome
  11. peripheromes

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