Locale - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Locale : (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

Locale : \Lo`cale"\, n. [F. local.] 1. A place, spot, or location.

2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Locale :

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)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)