location

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular point or place in physical space.
  2. An act of locating.
  3. An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
  4. A leasing on rent.
  5. A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
  6. 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. An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

Pronunciation

/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/ /loʊˈkeɪʃən/ En-us-location.ogg

Word forms

location locations

Etymology

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

Translations

Albanian: vend Arabic: مَوْقِع Arabic: مَكَان Arabic: مَوْضِع Arabic: مكان Arabic: بلاصة Azerbaijani: yer Azerbaijani: qonuq Belarusian: месцазнахо́джанне Belarusian: стано́вішча Belarusian: ме́сца Bengali: জায়গা Bengali: স্থান Bulgarian: мя́сто Bulgarian: местоположе́ние Catalan: ubicació Chinese Mandarin: 位置 Chinese Mandarin: 場所 /场所 Chinese Mandarin: 地點 /地点 Chinese Mandarin: 地方 Czech: poloha Czech: umístění Czech: místo Danish: beliggenhed Danish: sted Danish: plads Dutch: plaats Dutch: locatie Esperanto: loko Esperanto: situo Estonian: asukoht Estonian: ruum Finnish: paikka Finnish: sijainti French: lieu French: localisation French: situation French: emplacement French: position Georgian: მდებარეობა Georgian: ადგილმდებარეობა Georgian: ადგილი Georgian: ადგილსამყოფელი German: Lage German: Ort German: Platz German: Standort Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 Greek: τοποθεσία Greek: θέση Hindi: अवस्थिति Icelandic: staðsetning Icelandic: staður Italian: posizione Italian: ubicazione Japanese: 位置 Japanese: 場所 Japanese: 地点 Khmer: ស្ថាន Khmer: ថាន Korean: 위치 Korean: 장소 Korean: 지점 Latin: locus Macedonian: место Macedonian: местоположба Macedonian: локација Māori: taiwhanga Māori: wāhi Māori: tauwāhi Norwegian Bokmål: sted Norwegian Bokmål: beliggenhet Norwegian Nynorsk: stad Church Slavic: мѣсто Old English: stow Persian: جایگاه Persian: محل Persian: مکان Plautdietsch: Städ Polish: lokalizacja Polish: położenie Polish: miejsce Portuguese: local Portuguese: localização Romanian: localizarea Russian: положе́ние Russian: местоположе́ние Russian: местонахожде́ние Russian: расположе́ние Russian: пози́ция Russian: ме́сто Serbo-Croatian: ме̏сто Serbo-Croatian: мје̏сто Serbo-Croatian: лока́ција Serbo-Croatian: mȅsto Serbo-Croatian: mjȅsto Serbo-Croatian: lokácija Sinhalese: ස්ථානය
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