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   location

   /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a particular place or position: "the property is set in a convenient location"
   • ▪ the action of placing or situating someone or something: "the location of new housing beyond the existing built-up areas"
   • ▪ a position or address in computer memory.
   • 2. an actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio: "the movie was filmed entirely on location"
   • 3. an area where black South Africans were obliged by apartheid laws to live, usually on the outskirts of a town or city. The term was later replaced by township. dated South African
   • 4. (in Kenya) an administrative district forming a subdivision of a division: "the new chief is a long-time resident of the location"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin locatio(n-), from the verb locare (see locate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. locational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

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   • I

     1

   • O

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   • N

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