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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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The folders that Martyn would send me were from different locales where the birds might have stopped, ecospheres of these different zones.

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The quieter locales of California are the most notable to me.

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With its red-accented A-frame roof, footbridge and wishing well, the home echoed the dwarfs’ forest abode from the movie, but sat in the distinctly more metropolitan locale of the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Within three hours of L.A., there are locales to satisfy every type of autumn yearning, whether it’s for the desert, beach or mountains.

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There may be no riper locale for betrayal and homicide.

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