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Local   /lˈoʊkəl/   Listen
Local

adjective
1.
Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.  "Local authorities"  Antonym: national.
2.
Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood.  "Local schools" , "The local citizens" , "A local point of view" , "Local outbreaks of flu" , "A local bus line"
3.
Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body.  Antonym: general.
noun
1.
Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops.  Antonym: express.
2.
Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body.  Synonyms: local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic.



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"Local" Quotes from Famous Books



... hard to believe this story. Every year the police records tell of compassion shown to children by professional criminals. Some months ago a terrible murder case was reported in the local papers,—the slaughter of a household by robbers. Seven persons had been literally hewn to pieces while asleep; but the police discovered a little boy quite unharmed, crying alone in a pool of blood; and they found evidence unmistakable that ...
— Kokoro - Japanese Inner Life Hints • Lafcadio Hearn
... Invicti) who was born to a new life each year after the solstice.[3] Certain vestiges of the religions of Isis and Cybele besides other polytheistic practices perpetuated themselves in the adoration of local saints. On the other hand as soon as Christianity became a moral power in {xviii} the world, it imposed itself even on its enemies. The Phrygian priests of the Great Mother openly opposed their celebration of the vernal equinox to the Christian Easter, ...
— The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism • Franz Cumont
... Bahamas is a stable, middle-income, developing nation whose economy is based primarily on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism alone provides about 50% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs about 50,000 people or 40% of the local work force. The economy has slackened in recent years, as the annual increase in the number of tourists slowed. Nonetheless, per capita GDP is one of the highest in the region. National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $2.6 ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... success of his undertaking into a specious argument against the faith of prophecy, and the truth of revelation. He was displeased with the spiritual worship of the synagogue; but he approved the institutions of Moses, who had not disdained to adopt many of the rites and ceremonies of Egypt. The local and national deity of the Jews was sincerely adored by a polytheist, who desired only to multiply the number of the gods; and such was the appetite of Julian for bloody sacrifice, that his emulation ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon
... to go under the cataract of Niagara I had a companion with me, and one of the local guides, who undertook to pilot us safely. On reaching the edge of the sheet of water, however, we encountered a blast of wind so violent that we were almost beaten back by it. The spray was driven ...
— Records of a Girlhood • Frances Anne Kemble


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