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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locale \Lo'cale"\, noun [F. local.]
1. A place, spot, or location.
2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
locale
noun: 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)
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