Local

Local

Local usually refers to something nearby, or in the immediate area.

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Famous quotes containing the word local:

    The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.
    Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924)

    His farm was “grounds,” and not a farm at all;
    His house among the local sheds and shanties
    Rose like a factor’s at a trading station.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The local snivels through the fields:
    I sit between felt-hatted mums....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)