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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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
According to their wedding website, the couple's ceremony was a black-tie formal event in Nashville — located about 200 miles northeast of Odum's hometown of Millington, Tenn.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
One full-circle moment will be Master P’s return to the ESSENCE stage in his hometown.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
So would the Texas native who shuffled through three programs, fleeing after building success for five to six seasons at each, be comfortable settling in at a program 1,300 miles north of his hometown?
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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