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local

 
 
/ˈləʊkəl/ noun [C]

Translation

someone who lives in the area you are talking about
yerli halktan, yöre halkından olan
The locals are very upset about the new law.771
sb's local UK informal a bar that is near someone's home
yakın bar, yakın ve her zaman uğrak yeri olan bar
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(Definition of local noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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