ETYM Latin localis, from locus place: cf. French local. Related to Lieu, Locus.
1. Relating to applicable to or concerned with a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
2. Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality.
3. Having subordinate authority or serving the needs of a limited district.
4. Making all stops on its run.
5. Having a definite spatial form and location.
6. (Medicine) Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body.

ETYM U.S.
Bus or train that stops at all stations or stops.

1. In general, close at hand or restricted to a particular area.
2. In communications, a device that can be accessed directly rather than by means of a communications line.
3. In information processing, an operation performed by the computer at hand rather than by a remote computer.
4. In programming, a variable that is restricted in scope, that is, used in only one part (subprogram, procedure, or function) of a program. Compare remote.