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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: local (noun), from local (adjective); LOCAL1

locale

 noun
     
lo‧cale [countable] formal
the place where something happens or where the action takes place in a book or a film [= setting]:
people who see the countryside as a locale for recreation
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