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glocal

UK/ˈɡləʊk(ə)l/

glocal adjective: both global and local.

Adjective

glocal (comparative more glocal, superlative most glocal)

  1. Both global and local.
    • Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9

glocal meaning in Tamil

glocal in Tamil

உலகுள் ஏற்பமைத்த

Forms of glocal

comparativemore glocal
superlativemost glocal

Origin of glocal

Blend of global + local.

Words formed from glocal

Questions about glocal

What does glocal mean?
Glocal means both global and local.
What is glocal in Tamil?
Glocal in Tamil is உலகுள் ஏற்பமைத்த. See Glocal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glocal?
Glocal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce glocal?
Glocal is pronounced /ˈɡləʊk(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near glocal in the dictionary

  1. globus oculi
  2. globus pallidus
  3. globus pharyngis
  4. globy
  5. GLOC
  6. glocal
  7. glocalisation
  8. glocalisations
  9. glocalities
  10. glocality
  11. glocalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glocal (page history and authors); glocal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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