local

Meanings

Adjective

• From or in a nearby location.
• Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
• Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
• Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
• Descended from an indigenous population.

Noun

• A person who lives near a given place.
• A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
• A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
• One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
• A locally scoped identifier.
• An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
• Short form of local anesthetic
• An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.

Adverb

• In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.

Origin

• From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis, possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus.