locale

4 definitions found

locale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Locale \Lo`cale"\, n. [F. local.]
     1. A place, spot, or location.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of
        local use, or limited to a locality.
        [1913 Webster]

locale - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  locale
      n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
           meeting) [syn: venue, locale, locus]

locale - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  locale
  
     <programming> 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)
  

locale - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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