locale

Meaning

1. The place where something happens.
2. The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
3. A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)

Synonyms

place

venue

locus

location

site

setting

section

position

spot

scene

mend

niche

office

🏢

patch

piazza

plaza

point

post

proximity

public square

scenario

scene of action

seat

💺

situation

slot

square

station

🚉

surroundings

appointment

vicinity

bay

berth

capacity

chair

🪑

field

filling

forum

job

locality

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ləʊˈkɑːl/

Etymology

From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective.