Read the dictionary definition of local. All definitions for this word.
1. public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
1. the local seemed to take forever to get to New York
2. anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
3. relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
1. local taxes
2. local authorities
4. affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
1. local anesthesia
5. of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
1. local customs
2. local schools
3. the local citizens
4. a local point of view
5. local outbreaks of flu
6. a local bus line