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He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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There’s Assisi, a gleaming white patch on the slopes of Mount Subasio and the birthplace of St Francis.
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Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
Then, in late October, Culpepper died at his home in Tellico Plains, according to an obituary published by a funeral home near his birthplace in Virginia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
After all, New York is the birthplace of the American Wirehair and York chocolate.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Spenser wrote much of The Faerie Queene close to my birthplace.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
Then, in late October, Culpepper died at his home in Tellico Plains, according to an obituary published by a funeral home near his birthplace in Virginia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
After all, New York is the birthplace of the American Wirehair and York chocolate.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Spenser wrote much of The Faerie Queene close to my birthplace.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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