Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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

Source : WordNet®

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

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

locale
     
         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)