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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   local
       adj 1: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the
              administration of a city or town or district rather than
              a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities" [ant:
              national]
       2: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality
          or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local
          citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu";
          "a local bus line"
       3: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local
          anesthesia" [ant: general]
       n 1: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at
            all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever to
            get to New York" [ant: express, limited]
       2: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body [syn:
          local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical
    anesthetic, topical anaesthetic]