homeplace

[hohm-pleys]

noun

1. a person's birthplace or family home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of homeplace¹

An Americanism dating back to 1730–40; home + place

Example Sentences

It was the homeplace he pined for.

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Your Place And Mine will be asking its contributors to nominate a favourite book that conveys a sense of place, while Classical Connections will broadcast from the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.

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On Sunday, Nandi was one of 10 poets taking part in a commemoration event at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace.

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The infrastructure that exists for writers - such as the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast, which is getting a new £4.9m venue; the HomePlace in Bellaghy; and various organisations and groups - she says has come "off the back of Heaney - and we don't take that for granted".

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Nelson, 76, is known for such collections as “The Homeplace” and “Fields of Praise,” while also writing children’s books and translating works from the Danish and ancient Greek.

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