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 Cowboy Carter Tour is set to return to this side of the Atlantic on June 28 with back-to-back shows in her hometown of Houston, Texas. —Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 6 June 2025

The title refers to her hometown of Woodruff, South Carolina. —Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025

Accounts of their conversation appeared in The New York Times, Life magazine and local newspapers near his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. —Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025

Joining Salem in the 2025 winners circle is Bolivian activist Dayana Blanco Quiroga for a conservation initiative restoring wetlands around Uru Uru Lake in her hometown. —Matt Shaw, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hometown

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown

Kids Definition

hometown

noun

home·​town -ˈtau̇n 

: the city or town where one was born or grew up