hometown

American

[hohm-toun] / ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn /

noun

the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.

adjective

of or relating to a hometown.

a hometown welcome.

Etymology

Origin of hometown

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; home + town

Vocabulary lists containing hometown

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He'll go to his hometown of Hondarribia or favourite holiday destination Mallorca to walk by the sea and meet friends that have nothing to do with football.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Garcia, 70, left Cuba as a child and his film "Diamond" serves as a sort of "love letter" to his adopted hometown Los Angeles where he has lived for most of his life.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Those ambitions started to be realised in 2015, when she was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne - a seat not far from her hometown.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He was raised in Kansas City, Mo., and splits time between Los Angeles and the house outside his hometown that he shares with his longtime romantic partner, Katie Crutchfield of the band Waxahatchee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In his own little hometown, they’d been suspicious of ideas: he’d grown up surrounded by a kind of resigned cynicism, though he’d been sure the world could be better.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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