nonlocal

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ local.

Adjective

nonlocal (not comparable)

1. Not local; not specific to a location
   • 2009 January 16, Holland Cotter, “Black History, Alive in Washington”, in New York Times‎:

     In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.

Noun

nonlocal (plural nonlocals)

1. One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.
   • 2013, Chad Haines, Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan:

     Touristic discourse is inherently unlocal: a construction of images and representations that delocalize a tourist destination, repackaging it into terms and images easily circulated and consumed by nonlocals.

2. (computing) An identifier that is not locally scoped.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): alien, outlander, peregrine; see also Thesaurus:foreigner