/loh kal", -kahl"/ , n.
1. a place or locality, esp. with reference to events or circumstances connected with it: to move to a warmer locale.
2. the scene or setting, as of a novel, play, or motion picture: The locale is a small Kansas town just before World War I.
[ 1765-75; alter. of earlier local ]
Syn. 1. location, site, spot.