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local color

local color noun: aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.

Noun

local color (uncountable)

  1. Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.
    • We would like to have it illustrated by Mr. Tortoni, some of whose work you may have seen, and would be glad to know whether he may call upon you in order to acquaint himself with the local colour of your neighbourhood.1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 1, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 8

local color meaning in Vietnamese

local color in Vietnamese

aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities
bản sắc địa phương

Forms of local color

alternative formlocal colour

Questions about local color

What does local color mean?
Local color means aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.
What is local color in Vietnamese?
Local color in Vietnamese is bản sắc địa phương. See Local color meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is local color?
Local color is a noun.

Words near local color in the dictionary

  1. local cells
  2. local circuit
  3. local circuits
  4. local class
  5. local classes
  6. local color
  7. local colour
  8. local council
  9. local derbies
  10. local derby
  11. local exchange carrier

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