periferia

Internationalism (see English periphery), ultimately from Late Latin peripherīa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈperiferiɑ/, [ˈpe̞riˌfe̞riɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

periferia

1. periphery (region)
2. fringe (region)

   Suomi sijaitsee lähellä Maan periferia.

   Finland is located near the fringe of Earth.

• syrjäseutu

• “periferia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

From peri- +‎ feria.

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.feˈri.a/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧rì‧a

periferia f (plural periferie)

1. outskirts, suburbs
2. fringe, periphery

• periferico

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. (Brazil) outskirts, suburbs (often related to poor neighborhoods around a big city)

• favela

Borrowed from Late Latin peripherīa, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “circumference, outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, circular, round”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “to carry around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈfeɾja/ [pe.ɾiˈfe.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

• “periferia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16