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–noun

1.	a place or locality, esp. with reference to events or circumstances connected with it: to move to a warmer locale.

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.

[Origin: 1765–75; alter. of earlier local < F: n. use of the adj. See local

]

—Synonyms 1. location, site, spot.

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n.

A place, especially with reference to a particular event: the locale of a crime.
The scene or setting, as of a novel.

[From French local, local, locale, from Old French; see local.]

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locale

1772, from Fr. local, noun use of local (adj.), from L. locus "place." Spelling with -e is probably based on morale.

"The word's right to exist depends upon the question whether the two indispensable words locality & scene give all the shades of meaning required, or whether something intermediate is useful." [Fowler]

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locale
noun
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) [syn: venue]

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locale programming
A geopolitical place or area, especially in the context of configuring an operating system or application program with its character sets, date and time formats, currency formats etc.
Locales are significant for internationalisation and localisation.
(1999-06-09)