But some specialists in the domestic arts say Gracious Home, which started as a 2,000-square-foot hardware store in 1963, has a distinctly local flavor.

Cold summer borscht or a light wild mushroom soup are distinctly local.

We have seen not only regional variations in voting patterns but distinctly local variations within the regions.

While the surrounding neighborhood has a distinctly local feel, the campus community of Peking University Shenzhen is very multicultural.

Some of the names in Churchill have a distinctly local flavour.

The administration of the mutassariflik took on a distinctly local appearance.

Her students, most of them from Long Island, come in speaking with many a distinctly local flourish, which they often seek to lose before entering the working world.

On this spring day, at least, last period assembly at Russell High School was a special occasion with a distinctly local flavor.

In time, however, distinctly local pottery traditions arose.

It's got the obligatory curved wooden bar with stools but the décor is distinctly local.