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The phrase 'outlying village' is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it refers to a settlement located a substantial distance away from a larger town or city. For example, "The villagers of the outlying village had no access to medical care until the charity organization provided them with a traveling clinic."
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One local said they retreated to an outlying village.
The two men set off for an outlying village on their errand and never came back.
Two people died in one outlying village and five in another.
They went to Brighton together and found a fine place to move into in September, an old rectory in an outlying village on the Sussex Downs.
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Outlying villages lie deserted, torched to the ground.
Most unofficial demonstrations have been confined to outlying villages.
Communications with outlying villages are poor or nonexistent in the more remote region, Mr. Afridi said.
With security services still surrounding the city, some protests erupted in outlying villages, residents said.
I have seen you deliver parcels to outlying villages, you provide weather reports & beautiful photos.
Two outlying villages scheduled for urbanization this year will test models for sharing revenues from the developments with villagers.
But in the opening hours on Monday, the Kurdish advance on outlying villages east of Mosul was the main action.
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