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locational

[loh-key-shuhn] Origin

lo·ca·tion

[loh-key-shuhn]
noun
1.
a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
2.
a place or situation occupied: a house in a fine location.
3.
a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location.
4.
Movies. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
5.
Computers. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
EXPAND
6.
the act of locating; state of being located.
7.
Civil Law. a letting or renting.
COLLAPSE
8.
on location, Movies. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, especially one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.

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Locational is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1585–95; < Latin locātiōn- (stem of locātiō) a placing. See locate, -ion

lo·ca·tion·al, adjective
lo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverb
in·ter·lo·ca·tion, noun
non·lo·ca·tion, noun

local, locale, locality, location.
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location
"position, place," 1590s, see locate (v.); Hollywood sense of "place outside a film studio where a scene is filmed" is from 1914.
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