Definitions

locale

[loh-kal, -kahl] / loʊˈkæl, -ˈkɑl /

NOUN

setting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

locality location neighborhood venue

STRONG

area bailiwick belt district domain haunt hole home locus place position region scene sector site sphere spot stage territory theater tract turf vicinity zone

WEAK

stomping ground

Antonyms

STRONG

benefit unemployment

Example Sentences

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Swift has ties to several US cities and guesswork about the locale has reached fever pitch.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Fortunately, his North Carolina home is the perfect locale for a “semi” retirement, providing a relaxing and calm sanctuary that was designed to optimize lake views from nearly every room.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

During its last major preview weekend in May at its old locale, the house said only 1,500 people stopped by.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

And no locale has benefited more than Milan, where money has followed money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

But if we wish to find the Earth, we must redirect our course to the remote outskirts of the Galaxy, to an obscure locale near the edge of a distant spiral arm.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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