locale

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Locale \Lo`cale"\, n. [F. local.]
   1. A place, spot, or location.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of
      local use, or limited to a locality.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

locale

   <programming> 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)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

91 Moby Thesaurus words for "locale":
      abode, agora, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field,
      auditorium, back, backdrop, background, bear garden, bearings,
      bench mark, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus,
      cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, distance, district,
      emplacement, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall,
      hinterland, hippodrome, hole, latitude and longitude, lieu, lists,
      locality, location, locus, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene,
      neighborhood, open forum, palaestra, parade ground, pinpoint, pit,
      place, placement, platform, point, position, precinct, prize ring,
      public square, purlieu, range, rear, region, ring, scene,
      scene of action, scenery, setting, site, situation, situs, sphere,
      spot, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting,
      stead, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, venue, vicinage,
      vicinity, walk, whereabout, whereabouts, wrestling ring