local

Definitions of local
  1. noun
    apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
    synonyms: cuarto, habitación
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    type of:
    apartamento, apartamiento, departamento, habitación, piso, vivienda
    a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
  2. noun
    land and the buildings on it
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    type of:
    emplazamiento
    the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
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