Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.
Source: tatoeba (18642)
Local
//ˈləʊ.kl̩//
Synonyms for "local" (202 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
collective bargainingcompany unionconfinedcountycovered waggoncraft unionday coachdialectdialectaldinerdinghydining cardistrictdivedivisiondramshopdrawing roomdrinking saloonearliest inhabitantel
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electricelectric trainelevatedexpressexpress trainfirst comerflatflatcarflierflyerfreightfreight trainfreighterfuniculargeographically limitedgin millgondolagoods traingroggerygrogshophonky tonkhonky-tonkhorizontal unionidiomaticindigeneindustrial unioninsularinteriorinterurbanlabor unionlightning expresslimitedlocal anesthetic
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (101)
Noun(8 words)
local unionlocal yokellodgeluggage vanmail carmail vanmetromilk trainmonorailmunicipalnativenearbynightclubnonforeignof a placeoffshootorganorganized laborpalace carparliamentary
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parliamentary trainparlor carparochialparticularpassenger carpassenger trainpeculiarpostpothouseprimitiveprimitive settlerprovincialpubpublicpublic housepullmanpullman carrack-and-pinion railroadrailroad trainrailway carrathskellerrattlerreeferrefrigerator carregionalresidentrestrictedrolling stockroometterumshopsaloonsaloon barsectarianshireshuttleshuttle trainsleepersmall-townsmokersmoking carspeakeasyspecialspecificstatestockcarstopperstreamlinersubwaysurroundingtanktaproomtaverntendertowntownsmantownswomantrade guildtrade uniontraintrucktubeundergroundunion localvanvernacularvertical unionvillagewaggonway trainwine shopwing
Adjective(2 words)
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5 entriesAntonyms
11 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
83 entriesShowing 16 of 83 words.
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11 entrieshas context
9 entriesholonym
6 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
similar
6 entriesTranslations
204 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- τοπικός adj (of a nearby location)
- ἔντοπος adj (of a nearby location)
- ἐγχώριος noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Arabic
1 entries- مَحَلِّيّ adj (of a nearby location)
Armenian
2 entries- տեղական adj (of a nearby location)
- տեղացի noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
3 entries- ܕܘܼܟܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ adj (of a nearby location)
- ܐܲܬܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ noun (a person who lives near a given place)
- ܕܘܼܟܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- məhəlli adj (of a nearby location)
- yerli adj (of a nearby location)
Belarusian
4 entries- лака́льны adj (of a nearby location)
- ляка́льны adj (of a nearby location)
- ме́сны adj (of a nearby location)
- мясцо́вы adj (of a nearby location)
Bengali
1 entries- আঞ্চলিক adj (of a nearby location)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лока́лен adj (of a nearby location)
- ме́стен adj (of a nearby location)
Catalan
3 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (computing: having limited scope)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 本地 adj (of a nearby location)
- 本地人 noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 局部 adj (computing: having limited scope)
- 本地 adj (of a nearby location)
- 本地 adj (computing: connected directly)
- 當地 /当地 adj (of a nearby location)
Cornish
1 entries- leel adj (of a nearby location)
Czech
2 entries- lokální adj (computing: having limited scope)
- místní adj (of a nearby location)
Danish
1 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
Dutch
4 entries- lokaal adj (of a nearby location)
- plaatselijk adj (of a nearby location)
- plaatselijke bewoner noun (a person who lives near a given place)
- stamcafé noun ((UK) the nearest bar)
Esperanto
2 entries- loka adj (of a nearby location)
- lokano noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Estonian
2 entries- kohalik adj (of a nearby location)
- lokaalne adj (of a nearby location)
Fala
1 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
Finnish
4 entries- likimääräinen adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- lähi adj (of a nearby location)
- paikallinen adj (of a nearby location)
- paikallinen adj (computing: having limited scope)
French
4 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (computing: having limited scope)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- section noun (a branch of an organization)
Galician
3 entries- do país adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Georgian
1 entries- ადგილობრივი adj (of a nearby location)
German
4 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
- örtlich adj (of a nearby location)
- Einheimischer noun (a person who lives near a given place)
- Ortskneipe noun ((UK) the nearest bar)
Greek
3 entries- τοπικός adj (of a nearby location)
- τοπικός adj (computing: having limited scope)
- ντόπιος noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְקוֹמִי adj (of a nearby location)
Hindi
4 entries- क्षेत्रीय adj (of a nearby location)
- स्थानीय adj (of a nearby location)
- क्षेत्रीय noun (a person who lives near a given place)
- खंड noun (a branch of an organization)
Hungarian
4 entries- helyi adj (of a nearby location)
- helyi adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- helybeli noun (a person who lives near a given place)
- helyi noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Icelandic
4 entries- stað adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- staðbundinn adj (of a nearby location)
- staðbundinn adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- heimamaður noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Ido
1 entries- lokala adj (of a nearby location)
Irish
4 entries- logánta adj (of a nearby location)
- logánta adj (computing: having limited scope)
- áitiúil adj (of a nearby location)
- áitiúil adj (computing: having limited scope)
Italian
3 entries- locale adj (of a nearby location)
- locale adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- locale noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Japanese
3 entries- 局所 adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- 現地 adj (of a nearby location)
- 土地の人 noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Kazakh
1 entries- жергілікті adj (of a nearby location)
Korean
1 entries- 지방의 adj (of a nearby location)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жергиликтүү adj (of a nearby location)
Latin
2 entries- localis adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- locālis adj (of a nearby location)
Latvian
2 entries- lokāls adj (of a nearby location)
- vietējs adj (of a nearby location)
Lithuanian
2 entries- lokalinis adj (of a nearby location)
- vietinis adj (of a nearby location)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
Macedonian
3 entries- ло́кален adj (of a nearby location)
- ме́стен adj (of a nearby location)
- ме́штанин noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Malay
4 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
- lokal adj (computing: having limited scope)
- lokal adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- lokal adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Malayalam
1 entries- തദ്ദേശ adj (of a nearby location)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᡝᠰᡠ ᠪᠠ ᡳ adj (of a nearby location)
Mongolian
4 entries- нутгийн adj (of a nearby location)
- тус нутгийн adj (of a nearby location)
- ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ adj (of a nearby location)
- ᠲᠤᠰ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ adj (of a nearby location)
Māori
4 entries- paetata adj (of a nearby location)
- paetata adj (computing: having limited scope)
- tata adj (of a nearby location)
- ā-rohe adj (of a nearby location)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
Old English
1 entries- stōwlīċ adj (of a nearby location)
Persian
1 entries- محلی adj (of a nearby location)
Polish
4 entries- lokalny adj (of a nearby location)
- lokalny adj (computing: having limited scope)
- lokalny adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- miejscowy adj (of a nearby location)
Portuguese
4 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (computing: having limited scope)
- local adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Romanian
2 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Russian
4 entries- лока́льный adj (of a nearby location)
- лока́льный adj (computing: having limited scope)
- лока́льный adj (math: applying to a limited space)
- лока́льный adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ionadail adj (of a nearby location)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lòkālan adj (of a nearby location)
- mjȅsnī adj (of a nearby location)
- mȅsnī adj (of a nearby location)
- ло̀ка̄лан adj (of a nearby location)
Slovak
1 entries- miestny adj (of a nearby location)
Slovene
2 entries- krajeven adj (of a nearby location)
- lokalen adj (of a nearby location)
Spanish
4 entries- local adj (of a nearby location)
- local adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- lugareño adj (of a nearby location)
- lugareño noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Swedish
4 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
- lokal adj (computing: having limited scope)
- lokal adj (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
- lokalbo noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Tagalog
2 entries- pampook adj (of a nearby location)
- pandito adj (of a nearby location)
Tajik
1 entries- маҳаллӣ adj (of a nearby location)
Thai
2 entries- ท้องถิ่น adj (of a nearby location)
- ส่วนท้องถิ่น adj (of a nearby location)
Turkish
4 entries- lokal adj (of a nearby location)
- mahallî adj (of a nearby location)
- mevzii adj (of a nearby location)
- yerel adj (of a nearby location)
Ukrainian
3 entries- лока́льний adj (of a nearby location)
- місце́вий adj (of a nearby location)
- туте́шній adj (of a nearby location)
Urdu
1 entries- مقامی noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Uzbek
1 entries- mahalliy adj (of a nearby location)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa phương adj (of a nearby location)
Welsh
1 entries- lleol adj (of a nearby location)
Yiddish
4 entries- אָרטיק adj (of a nearby location)
- היגע adj (of a nearby location)
- לאָקאַל adj (of a nearby location)
- היגער noun (a person who lives near a given place)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
I'll give you a local anaesthetic.
Source: tatoeba (18867)
The director wanted the local Asahi reporter to go to the scene of the crime.
Source: tatoeba (18869)
The local school board would go to any length to ban that book.
Source: tatoeba (19109)
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