as in cradle
a place of origin
Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement
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Southern California is the birthplace of the modern roller coaster industry thanks to Disneyland’s Matterhorn Bobsleds, the world’s first tubular steel track coaster.
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Robert Niles, Oc Register, 1 Apr. 2025
One neighbor saw a silver lining in the apparent neglect, and turned the president’s birthplace into a refuge for feral cats.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Mar. 2025
As the birthplace of MoonPies, my hometown, Chattanooga, is no exception.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is the undisputed birthplace of jazz, where the genre was created by the same cross-cultural collisions that brought us gumbo and Mardi Gras.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
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Robert Niles, Oc Register, 1 Apr. 2025
One neighbor saw a silver lining in the apparent neglect, and turned the president’s birthplace into a refuge for feral cats.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Mar. 2025
As the birthplace of MoonPies, my hometown, Chattanooga, is no exception.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is the undisputed birthplace of jazz, where the genre was created by the same cross-cultural collisions that brought us gumbo and Mardi Gras.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthplace. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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