hometown

home-town · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The town or city where one was born or grew up, or where one has lived for a long time and feels at home.

  2. 2.

    (attributive) Relating to or characteristic of one's place of origin.

Forms

plural: hometowns

Related words

See also: birthplace, homeland, native
Synonyms: birthplace, native place

Etymology

Compound of English home + town.