hometown

noun/ˈhoʊmtaʊn/

Frequency rank: #4,719 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the town or city where a person was born or grew up.

Illustration for the English word “hometown”

Example sentence

She always feels happy when she returns to her hometown.

Synonyms & related words

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