locale

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lo=cale

CIDE DICTIONARY

locale, n. [F. local.].

•  A place, spot, or location.  [1913 Webster]
•  A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

locale, n. a scene or locality, esp. with reference to an event or occurrence taking place there.

Etymology

F local (n.) (as LOCAL), respelt to indicate stress: cf. MORALE

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

locale

Situation

N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.