locale

[ loh-kal, -kahl ]
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noun
  1. a place or locality, especially 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 of locale

1
1765–75; alteration of earlier local<French: noun use of the adj. See local

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British Dictionary definitions for locale

locale

/ (ləʊˈkɑːl) /


noun
  1. a place or area, esp with reference to events connected with it

Origin of locale

1
C18: from French local (n use of adj); see local

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