Examples of birthplace in a Sentence
He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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Lots of opportunities remain with newer technologies, including the onshore Digboi, Assam region, which was the birthplace of India’s oil sector, but has little activity today.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Cure, which opened in 2009, is both record-keeper and innovator, an admirable endeavor in a city that is the birthplace of the cocktail.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 Mar. 2026
Finding his birthplace on the map in the endpapers of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings only increased his interest in the mystery and message of maps.
—Big Think, 28 Mar. 2026
Seligman, Arizona, was recognized as the birthplace of Route 66 in 1987 when Arizona acknowledged the stretch of road from Seligman to Kingman as the historic Route 66.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Cure, which opened in 2009, is both record-keeper and innovator, an admirable endeavor in a city that is the birthplace of the cocktail.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 Mar. 2026
Finding his birthplace on the map in the endpapers of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings only increased his interest in the mystery and message of maps.
—Big Think, 28 Mar. 2026
Seligman, Arizona, was recognized as the birthplace of Route 66 in 1987 when Arizona acknowledged the stretch of road from Seligman to Kingman as the historic Route 66.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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