noun (n)

• the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  locale, locus
  

  source: wordnet30
• in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held(noun.location)

  source: wordnet30
• A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.(noun)

  source: webster1913