English → Latin
“local” in Latin
regiōdirection, line; boundary line, boundary; region, district, provincelocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundssciōto be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge; to have had sex with, have ever slept withignōrātiōignorance
The English word local itself goes back to Latin locus, through locālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
local
(☞ not localis)(☞ not localis). By the genitive, loci or regionis, locorum or regionum; e.g., local difficulties, locorum difficultates: local knowledge, locorum notitia; locorum, or regionum peritia, or scientia: for want of local knowledge, ignoratione or inscientiā locorum (once Caes., ignorantia loci): to possess local knowledge, locorum or regionum scientem, peritum, esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for local?
- The usual Latin words for “local” are regiō, locus, sciō; also ignōrātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.