periphery

périphérie, pourtour

Bord ou parties extérieures d’un lieu ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : The outer edge or parts of a place or thing.

• Trees grow around the periphery of the park.
• She noticed movement at the periphery of her vision.
• The poorest families lived on the city’s periphery.

Comment l'utiliser : on the periphery of something (Small villages lie on the periphery of the forest.)

Synonymes : edge, outskirts, boundary

Contraires : centre

Expressions courantes : on the periphery, periphery of something

région

Une des grandes régions administratives de la Grèce.

En anglais simple : One of the large regions into which Greece is divided for government purposes.

• The periphery includes several islands.
• Each periphery has a regional administration.
• The map shows the boundaries of this Greek periphery.

Synonymes : region

Expressions courantes : Greek periphery, periphery council