outlying

Etymology

From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.

adj

1. Relatively remote from some central location.
   The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
   Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation. 1959 March, R. C. Rley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157
2. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
   When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.

noun

1. A region relatively remote from a central location.
   The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial. 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities