location

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /loʊˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

location (plural locations)

1. A particular point or place in physical space.
2. An act of locating.
   • 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:

     The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.

3. (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
4. (law) A leasing on rent.
5. (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
6. (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
7. (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

Synonyms

• (a place): place

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → German: Location

Translations

References

Further reading

• “location”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “location”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “location”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• colation, coontail

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

location f (plural locations)

1. renting, rental
2. rent
3. rented accommodation
4. hire (of a car etc.)
5. booking, reservation

Usage notes

• A false friend of the English location, whose French equivalents include endroit, lieu, and emplacement.

Related terms

• lieu
• locatif
• louer
• loyer

See also

• établissement

Further reading

• “location”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.