Locale

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Locale \Lo`cale"\, n. [F. local.]
     1. A place, spot, or location.
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     2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of
        local use, or limited to a locality.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  locale
       n : the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
           meeting) [syn: {venue}, {locus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "locale":
     abode, agora, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field,
     auditorium, back, backdrop, background, bear garden, bearings,
     bench mark, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus,
     cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, distance, district,
     emplacement, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall,
     hinterland, hippodrome, hole, latitude and longitude, lieu, lists,
     locality, location, locus, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene,
     neighborhood, open forum, palaestra, parade ground, pinpoint, pit,
     place, placement, platform, point, position, precinct, prize ring,
     public square, purlieu, range, rear, region, ring, scene,
     scene of action, scenery, setting, site, situation, situs, sphere,
     spot, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting,
     stead, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, venue, vicinage,
     vicinity, walk, whereabout, whereabouts, wrestling ring
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  locale
       
           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)