local

IPA: ɫˈoʊkʌɫ

A person who lives near a given place.
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
(Britain) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
(programming) A locally scoped identifier.
(US, slang, journalism) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
(finance) An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
(fandom slang, derogatory) A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter.
(rail transport) Clipping of local train. [(rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.]
(colloquial, medicine) Clipping of local anesthetic. [(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.]

From or in a nearby location.
(computing, of a resource) Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
(computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
Descended from an indigenous population.

Examples of "local" in Sentences

The locale became the City of the area.
The largest locality is the city of Rahat.
The city is renowned for the local industry.
The local amusement community opposed the city.
The commune includes the locality of Antihuala.
The woodland is open for the people of the local community.
As storekeeper he was also an advisor to the local communities.
That was the name of the city when the local meridian was in use.
A local clergyman objected to the association of the community to the devil.
The community courts work on the basis of the area, the local rules and customs.