hometown
[hohm-toun]
- the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
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- of or relating to a hometown: a hometown welcome.
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Origin of hometown
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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landneighborhoodfamilyfarmcountryhouseholdsitehometownabodehearthhabitatlocalityhauntsoilroofelementrangehomelandhabitationterritoryExamples from the Web for hometown
Contemporary Examples
During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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That side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of Flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.
Meanwhile, their Missouri hometown appears to be on the brink of chaos.
On Sunday, Saban said he often writes letters to the editors of his hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times.
Darren Deon Vann's hometown has 10,000 abandoned houses, more than enough for him to hide six bodies.
Historical Examples
The trails and by-paths were as familiar to him as the streets of his hometown are to a boy of to-day.
With Ethan Allen at TiconderogaW. Bert Foster
The old homestead is situated in the heart of Hometown, fronting on the main street.
Pastoral DaysWilliam Hamilton Gibson
Amos Shoopegg is a type of a large class of the native element of Hometown.
Pastoral DaysWilliam Hamilton Gibson
Hometown, owing to some early local faction, is divided into two sections, forming two distinct towns.
Pastoral DaysWilliam Hamilton Gibson
But my other waitresses wanted to get back to their hometown, and they left early—before we did.
The Mystery of the FiresEdith Lavell
Word Origin and History for hometown
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper