Cases of word usage

1) (in England) a (part of a) town that elects an MP or a local government council (borough)

2) a law or regulation made by a local authority (e.g. a city council or railway company) (bylaw)

3) a kind of drug used as a local anesthetic and also by drug addicts (cocaine)

4) a division of Great Britain, the largest unit of local government (county)

5) of, affecting, all or nearly all; not special, local or particular; an army officer with the highest rank below Field Marshal (general)

6) a language adopted for local communication over an area in which several languages are spoken, e.g. Swahili in East Africa (lingua franca)

7) a person sent abroad to teach about religion and help the local people (missionary)

8) a town, city, district, with local self-government; the governing body of such a town etc (municipality)

9) any of several languages having elements of a local language and English, French or Dutch (pidgin)