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locale

loʊˈkæl
WordNet
View of port and fort at Acapulco with locals. In a rectangular frame, above cartouche with garlands.
View of port and fort at Acapulco with locals. In a rectangular frame, above cartouche with garlands.
  1. (n) locale
    the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
Illustrations
The Mughal Gardens in Srinagar have always been a popular location for photographers, locals and tourists. Bourne took this photo of the famous Shalimar Gardens, built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his wife Nur Jahan in 1619.
The Mughal Gardens in Srinagar have always been a popular location for photographers, locals and tourists. Bourne took this photo of the famous Shalimar Gardens, built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his wife Nur Jahan in 1619.
Local scalding boats sail on the river.
Local scalding boats sail on the river.
Nephalia of Knossos, a local Greek saint, prays on her knees before a crucifix in the wilderness. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on female hermits.
Nephalia of Knossos, a local Greek saint, prays on her knees before a crucifix in the wilderness. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on female hermits.
Christopher Columbus arrives in America with his fleet. He is received enthusiastically by the locals and showered with gifts. A few of his men immediately raise a cross on the coast.
Christopher Columbus arrives in America with his fleet. He is received enthusiastically by the locals and showered with gifts. A few of his men immediately raise a cross on the coast.
Emergency bridge at the Wenih Rongka. Local residents pose on the bridge. Tipped-in photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg in North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914.
Emergency bridge at the Wenih Rongka. Local residents pose on the bridge. Tipped-in photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg in North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914.
Album page with 5 photos. Two of the local population, in the photo at the top left, three soldiers are holding two Indians at gunpoint, with the inscription: ... two ploppers (echten), May 1949. Page in the album entitled In memory of my service overseas, about the police actions in the Dutch East Indies.
Album page with 5 photos. Two of the local population, in the photo at the top left, three soldiers are holding two Indians at gunpoint, with the inscription: ... two ploppers (echten), May 1949. Page in the album entitled In memory of my service overseas, about the police actions in the Dutch East Indies.
Captain Cook and his crew set foot on New Holland (present-day Australia). The local population uses spears to fight against the invaders.
Captain Cook and his crew set foot on New Holland (present-day Australia). The local population uses spears to fight against the invaders.
Portrait of a local family in probably the Harz. A woman with knitting, her mother and three children. Part of Dolph Kessler's photo album with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip he undertook as secretary to Henri Deterding (director of Royal Oil) to the Dutch East Indies, Japan, China and the United States, between 1906 and 1908.
Portrait of a local family in probably the Harz. A woman with knitting, her mother and three children. Part of Dolph Kessler's photo album with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip he undertook as secretary to Henri Deterding (director of Royal Oil) to the Dutch East Indies, Japan, China and the United States, between 1906 and 1908.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Cocaine was the first local anesthetic; being used as such from about 1884 onwards.
  1. Locale
    A place, spot, or location.
  2. Locale
    A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
In India, where hinduism is the biggest religon, they belive that there are about 300 million different gods. Because almost every village has it's own local god.
  1. (n) locale
    A place, spot, or locality; specifically, a site or scene, considered with reference to circumstances connected with it.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Local calls using a coin-operated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.
  1. (ns) Locale
    (lō-käl′) a locality: the scene of some event
Quotations
Peter T. Forsyth
The local church is the outcrop of the church universal.
Peter T. Forsyth
Samuel Johnson
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
Samuel Johnson
John Perry Barlow
In Cyberspace, the 1st Amendment is a local ordinance.
John Perry Barlow
Samuel Johnson
Virtue is too often merely local.
Samuel Johnson
Henri Frederic Amiel
Will localizes us; thought universalizes us.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. local,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—Low L. localislocus, a place.

Usage in the news

How the hometown teams are doing is something so many local residents, including even members of the teams, want to see in their local newspaper. tracypress.com

Local Internet luminary Cajun Boy spotted local comedian Chris Trew on America's Got Talent. bestofneworleans.com

On Nov 6, voters will be casting ballots for national, state and local offices, but the local races may have already been decided. lebanonenterprise.com

Tornado Destruction In Joplin Hits Local VAR. Jane Cage, COO of Heartland Technology Solutions, a Joplin, Mo.-based solution provider, sends in this photo showing the remains of the headquarters of another local VAR, SNC2 (SNC Squared). crn.com

His passion for local music has helped get thousands of local Charlotte bands more airplay on our station. 1065.com

Healthy locally grown fruit and veggies are a must along with locally raised beef, pork and chicken. blog.mlive.com

Have you been to your local supermarket, local drugstore or even your favorite liquor store lately. hometextilestoday.com

Although squash isn't ready yet locally, there's some beautiful organic yellow squash from Mexico in my local supermarkets and at Trader Joe's. nytimes.com

I was fortunate last year to be invited to host a forum with local chefs, foodies, farmers and educators on local food and the sustainability issues facing our islands. midweek.com

The Greater Clover Chamber of Commerce kicked off the town's 125th anniversary celebration and honored local individuals and a local business during its annual meeting last week. carolinanewspapers.com

Among those competing a local skier who mixes speed on the water with running a local business. jhg.com

Buy Local Bash draws big crowd to sample local food, drinks. stm.com

The fear of oil remnants from the BP spill getting into local seafood is one a local woman says is valid. ctv.tv

Around Bloomfield is a local blog that will be used to post local news or tidbits that for either space or time constraints might not have made the print edition of the newspaper. dailystatesman.com

A number of businesses are planning to develop locations locally as retail and other businesses remain a strong part of the local economy in the Mid-Ohio Valley. newsandsentinel.com

Usage in scientific papers

If, as (20) conservatively estimated, half of the local 1/4 keV X-rays are due to SWCX and half are due to the hot Local Bubble, then the Local Bubble must be considerably weaker than previously thought.
Revising the Local Bubble Model due to Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-ray Emission

Concerning the uses of this result, it may be noted that throughout the localization regime, where the eigenfunctions are each localized in some region of -roughly- the localization length, condition (3.1) would be satisfied by eig enfunctions of separate supports.
On the Joint Distribution of Energy Levels of Random Schroedinger Operators

For this task, I now construct two versions of a 5-local positive semidefinite operator Hclockpulse, the first made from 3-local and the second made from 2-local terms.
Local Hamiltonians in Quantum Computation

So “locality” and “completeness” jointly entail “strong locality.” And likewise “strong locality” clearly entails both “locality” and “completeness.” So the two sub-conditions are, indeed, equivalent to Equation 2.
Local Causality and Completeness: Bell vs. Jarrett

LOCAL MODE L We now seek a local model P l (σ , X ) that is factorizable as a product of localized probability density functions, and also a good approximation to the global model P (σ , X ).
Randomized Distributed Configuration Management of Wireless Networks: Multi-layer Markov Random Fields and Near-Optimality

Usage in literature

It is also found frequently in many localities about Chillicothe. "The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise" by M. E. Hard

Fighting was kept up in this locality throughout the following day. "The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII)" by Various

His certificate is granted upon the recommendation of the local council. "Boy Scouts Handbook" by Boy Scouts of America

For the general market, the vineyard is the unit; for the local market, the variety should be the unit. "Manual of American Grape-Growing" by U. P. Hedrick

Advocate suffrage through your local papers. "The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV" by Various

Religion is thus both strictly tribal and strictly local. "History of Religion" by Allan Menzies

They breed very locally and generally not more than one pair in any locality. "The Bird Book" by Chester A. Reed

Many local meetings were held, much literature distributed, resolutions secured and legislators interviewed. "The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI" by Various

The droughts have been temporary and local. "Under the Maples" by John Burroughs

This poison is a severe local irritant and may even cause local gangrene. "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle" by U.S. Department of Agriculture

Usage in poetry
Arrived in Heaven, when his sands were run,
He seized a quill, and sat him down to tell
The local press that something should be done
About that noisy nuisance, Gabriel.
At concerts, too, if you prefer,
I could prevent your growing deaf,
By silencing the amateur
Before she reached that upper F.;
Or else, in lieu of half-a-brick,
Restrain some local Kubelik.
To me at night the stars are vocal.
They say: 'Your planet's oh so local!
A speck of dust in heaven's ceiling;
Your faith divine a foolish feeling.
What odds if you are chaos hurled,
Yours is a silly little world.'
There, tourists while there should take a good look,
By viewing the surrounding beauties of Penicuik;
About three miles south-west is the romantic locality
Of Newhall, which is most fascinating and charming to see.
Peter just ignored the question,
Proudly patriotic man;
Understand a mean suggestion
Men like Peter never can,
Or that free enlightened voters look on all Great Things as rot,
While a Burning Local Question fires each local patriot.
Feeling lonely-like, Magee took on a local star named Bent,
And four others started fighting to avoid an argument:
So Simonsen postponed the game, for fear some slight mishap
Might disturb the pleasant feeling then prevailing at The Gap.