location

Definitions


[lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a particular place or position
(e.g: the property is set in a convenient location)

- an actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio
(e.g: the movie was filmed entirely on location)

- an area where black South Africans were obliged by apartheid laws to live, usually on the outskirts of a town or city. The term was later replaced by township

- (in Kenya) an administrative district forming a subdivision of a division
(e.g: the new chief is a long-time resident of the location)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin locatio(n-), from the verb locare (see locate)




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