The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Locale \Lo`cale"\, n. [F. local.]
   1. A place, spot, or location.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of
      local use, or limited to a locality.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

locale
    n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
         meeting) [syn: venue, locale, locus]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

locale

    A geopolitical place or area, especially in the
   context of configuring an operating system or application
   program with its character sets, date and time formats,
   currency formats etc.

   Locales are significant for internationalisation and
   localisation.

   (1999-06-09)