laitakaupunki — meaning in English

English meaning

• fringe noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
• outskirts noun The outer areas of a town or city, away from its center.
• uptown noun The residential or outer part of a city, away from the main business district.

Senses

laitakaupunki is used for these senses in English:

• fringe A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
• outskirts The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
• uptown (chiefly, North America) The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center.
• wrong side of the tracks (idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.

fringe — full definition

1. noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
2. noun The edge or outer part of something, away from the main or central area.
3. noun British English: hair that is cut to hang down over the forehead (American English: bangs).
4. adj Outside the mainstream; unconventional or extreme.
5. verb To form a border along the edge of something.

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