lo|cal

lo|cal¹ «LOH kuhl», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. of a place: »

New Jersey is a local name.

2. having to do with a certain place or places: »

the local doctor, local news, local self-government. A local thing called Christianity (Thomas Hardy).

3. of just one part of the body; affecting a particular organ of the body: »

a local pain, local disease, local application of a remedy.

4. making all or almost all stops: »

a local train.

5. of or concerned with position in space: »

The poet's pen…gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name (Shakespeare).

–n.

1. a train, bus, or airplane that stops at all, or almost all, of the stations on its route.

2. a local inhabitant.

3. a branch or chapter of a labor union, fraternity, or other group: »

The local would not agree with the national decision to strike.

4. a newspaper item of interest to a particular area: »

As a young reporter, he covered the locals.

5. British. a local tavern; pub.

╂[< Latin locālis < locus place]

lo|cal² «loh KAL», noun.

= locale. (Cf. ↑locale)