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locales' - 2 dictionary results

lo⋅cale

[loh-kal, -kahl]
–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


1. location, site, spot.
lo·cale   (lō-kāl')   
n.  
  1. A place, especially with reference to a particular event: the locale of a crime.
  2. The scene or setting, as of a novel.

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