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.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Oh, but James, Lars, Kirk and Robert weren’t about to forget their hometown fans and finally announced Metallica M72 Tour dates at Levi’s Stadium.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
People in Brooklyn have plenty of theories on what happened to their beloved hometown.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
In 2009, a show came through her hometown in North Carolina.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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hometown
noun
home·town
-ˈtau̇n
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
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