locale
/ləʊˈkɑːl
/noun
A place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it: her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales...
- Larry took a new job earlier this year, and he told me he'd soon be traveling to exotic locales, much as I've been doing the past several months.
- Or it might be trips or conferences in exotic locales, often with a heavy emphasis on play rather than work.
- The rich and the famous celebrate their birthdays at exotic locales.
Synonyms
place, site, spot, area;
position, location, setting, scene, venue, milieu, background, backdrop;
neighbourhood, district, region, environs, locality, environment, territory
technical locus
Origin
Late 18th century: from French local (noun), respelled to indicate stress on the final syllable; compare with morale.
Rhymes
- thebe
- the be-all and end-all
- the Bear
- the Beatitudes
- the beautiful game
- the beautiful people
- the Beehive
- the bee's knees
- the beginning of the end
- the benefit of the doubt
- the Berg
- the Bermudas
- Thebes
- the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley
- the best of both (or all possible) worlds
- the best of three (or five etc.)
- the best (or the pick) of the bunch
- the best part of
- the better part of
- the better to ——
- the betting is
- the Bible
- the Big Board
- the big boys
- the Big C