if any business was started in particular area, can we use "localite" for that business entity?
For example: This business is localite to this area.
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3Where did you get localite from? What does your own research in a dictionary say?– Andrew Leach ♦Commented Apr 29, 2016 at 12:48
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And what does "in particular are then can" mean?– Hot LicksCommented Apr 29, 2016 at 12:50
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Do you mean "localized in this area"? A "localized business" is one that chooses to market its products or services through a physical location (or locations) situated in a reasonable proximity to its customers. Howevr, you may say that "the company is localized inside of Venice Commercial Port and perfectly connected to main terminals portual.– GraffitoCommented Apr 29, 2016 at 12:54
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Related (not a duplicate): english.stackexchange.com/questions/294702/…– MetaEdCommented Apr 29, 2016 at 13:03
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"Localite" is not in the Oxford English Dictionary.
However, a search in GloWbE (the global corpus of web-based English) gives nine hits for it: eight in Indian sources, and one from Singapore.
So it would appear that it is a word which has limited currency in India, and apparently in Singapore, but is unknown elsewhere in the Anglosphere. (I observe that all but one of the nine instances used it as a noun, clearly meaning "a local person". One of them is an adjective used attributively. I have not found a single instance of "is localite".
answered Apr 29, 2016 at 13:51
Just use "local". I also wouldn't use the word "this" twice.
This business is local to the area.
