local inhabitant

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandinhabitant

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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inhabitant
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/us
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
a person or animal that lives in a ...
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(Definition oflocalandinhabitantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We do not know what alocalinhabitantis.
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In any case, the argument about what is alocalinhabitantis simply explained.
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We do not even know how long alocalinhabitanthas to be local before he is an inhabitant.
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The corollary to that is that there must be a definition of what alocalinhabitantis.
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Alocalinhabitantis someone who lives in the area of the reservoir.
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Nolocalinhabitantis allowed into the casino.
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That applies to any kind of interest, whether that of a potential consumer, whether that of alocalinhabitantor whether that of an authorised undertaking.
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The cave was discovered by alocalinhabitantby accident in 1935.
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The other way around, when a good's owner changes to alocalinhabitantfrom a foreigner, is defined to be an import.
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Not surprisingly, the desire for tranquillity among local inhabitants is almost palpable.
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Not surprisingly, the enterprise was seen by the local inhabitants as extremely oppressive.
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Corn-factoring by middlemen was generally prohibited, and local inhabitants were to have first choice to purchase grain.
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Such measures can be locally effective, but require sustained input, generally in the form of both economic support and ongoing education of local inhabitants.
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Persuading local inhabitants to give support voluntarily means that guerrillas must either adapt their message to local beliefs, or educate civilians to change their preferences.
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As noted earlier, the relocation areas were selected by government functionaries without any recourse to local inhabitants' concerns or preferences.
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Westerners have forced inappropriate measures on puzzled local inhabitants in order to meet activists' preconceived notions of environmental change.
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As peer enclaves that gravitated easily to violence and criminal activity, youth gangs inevitably generated disruption and fear among local inhabitants.
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However, local inhabitants do not view these changes in terms of ethnic partition or division.
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