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BNC: 33112 COCA: 5471

hometown

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
hometown /ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn/ noun
plural hometowns
hometown
/ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn/
noun
plural hometowns
Learner's definition of HOMETOWN
[count]
: the city or town where you were born or grew up故乡;家乡
BNC: 33112 COCA: 5471

hometown

noun

home·​town ˈhōm-ˈtau̇n How to pronounce hometown (audio)
often attributive
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
also : the place of one's principal residence

Example Sentences

She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
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Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hometown was in 1851
BNC: 33112 COCA: 5471

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