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locale

[loh-kal, -kahl]

noun

  1. a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it.

    to move to a warmer locale.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. the scene or setting, as of a novel, play, or motion picture.

    The locale is a small Kansas town just before World War I.



locale

/ əʊˈɑː /

noun

  1. a place or area, esp with reference to events connected with it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of locale1

1765–75; alteration of earlier local < French: noun use of the adj. See local
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Word History and Origins

Origin of locale1

C18: from French local (n use of adj); see local
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Dyer, now 67 years old and for a decade a USC professor, is a cosmopolitan author whose output — fiction, nonfiction, both — has often spanned far-flung locales.

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It was at the Fortnight where Sean Byrne’s “Dangerous Animals” became the first shark film to ever screen during Cannes, and this unconventional locale is quietly befitting of the movie’s atypical premise and exciting execution.

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It is a ripe locale for betrayal and homicide.

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Two notable changes for this edition: More photos and the decision to use Hylen’s uncropped photos, which provide a richer sense of locale and more photos.

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But the 2025 Emmy season features such a wealth of shows set and shot in and around L.A. that we couldn’t resist spotlighting how several of them use the iconic locale we call home.

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