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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Elvis’s birthplace, Tupelo, Mississippi Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in a small two-room home in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
Back in the birthplace of the instant noodle, Japanese corporate producers are exploring their own versions of these possibilities.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Grab a seat at Louis' Lunch, widely credited as the birthplace of the hamburger.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
More than a century after Wilbur and Orville Wright built America’s first airplane factory in Dayton in 1910, the city known as the birthplace of aviation is positioning itself at the forefront of another aerospace revolution.
—Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
Back in the birthplace of the instant noodle, Japanese corporate producers are exploring their own versions of these possibilities.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Grab a seat at Louis' Lunch, widely credited as the birthplace of the hamburger.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
More than a century after Wilbur and Orville Wright built America’s first airplane factory in Dayton in 1910, the city known as the birthplace of aviation is positioning itself at the forefront of another aerospace revolution.
—Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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