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homeplace

American  
[hohm-pleys] / ˈhoʊmˌpleɪs /

noun

  1. a person's birthplace or family home.


Etymology

Origin of homeplace

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

Example Sentences

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Aliet decides, after Kiju dies, to return permanently to her homeplace.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Perhaps it had to do with wanting to return my mother to the ongoing conversation of her homeplace.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2021

Our nation’s farms conjure up Americana, the old homeplace and our rich, rural culture.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2017

He got a summer job at Abraham Lincoln’s homeplace, then worked at Mammoth Cave and Carlsbad Caverns before settling for six years at Cowpens, site of a pivotal Revolutionary War battle.

From Washington Times Dec. 27, 2014

He set aside his other worries and began to hurry through the evening’s last light to the homeplace, where the blind man would be waiting and would explain.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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