locale

noun

lo·​cale lō-ˈkal 

1

: a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic

chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding

2

: site, scene

the locale of a story

Synonyms

• emplacement
• locality
• location
• locus
• place
• point
• position
• site
• spot
• venue
• where

Examples of locale in a Sentence

They chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding.

the locale of the story

Recent Examples on the Web

One distinctive element of quiet travel is that the journey to the locale doesn’t especially count in the quietude equation. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

Many locales in the central and eastern US will experience their coldest conditions so far this season over the weekend. —Mary Gilbert, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024

Among the second half of the top 10 ranking, London, the English capital, was an outlier, as the other four destinations were tropical locales: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Palm-Eagle Beach, Aruba; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Bavaro, Dominican Republic. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024

More than 1,100 miles separate Pittsburgh from Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, and the two disparate locales share little in common. —Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

modification of French local, from local, adjective

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

locale

noun

lo·​cale lō-ˈkal 

: a place where something happens or is supposed to happen

the locale of the accident

the locale of a play