hometown
noun
home·town
ˈhōm-ˈtau̇n 
often attributive
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
also
: the place of one's principal residence
Examples of hometown in a Sentence
She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
Recent Examples on the Web
The man deemed by many to be the greatest baseball player to have ever lived, a player more deeply ingrained in San Francisco Giants history than any other, died Tuesday at the age 93, days before his formative club was set to honor him in his hometown.
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Evan Webeck, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
The injured woman, 35-year-old Lizette Zambrano, filed the lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages from the U.S.-based resort operators from her hometown of El Paso, Texas, on Friday, days after being medevaced from the hot tub at the resort town of Puerto Peñasco, an hour south of the border.
—CBS News, 19 June 2024
Headlining the 2024 Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival, the rapper was able to perform in his hometown for the first time since Lollapalooza in 2012.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
After sifting through an initial catalog of 30+ hometown hits, a consensus emerged: a tie for the coveted number-one spot.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 18 June 2024
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Evan Webeck, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
The injured woman, 35-year-old Lizette Zambrano, filed the lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages from the U.S.-based resort operators from her hometown of El Paso, Texas, on Friday, days after being medevaced from the hot tub at the resort town of Puerto Peñasco, an hour south of the border.
—CBS News, 19 June 2024
Headlining the 2024 Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival, the rapper was able to perform in his hometown for the first time since Lollapalooza in 2012.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
After sifting through an initial catalog of 30+ hometown hits, a consensus emerged: a tie for the coveted number-one spot.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 18 June 2024
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.
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hometown
noun
home·town
-ˈtau̇n
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
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