Definition of birthplace
:place of birth or origin
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Examples of birthplace in a Sentence
He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
Recent Examples of birthplace from the Web
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Well, before that, really, back to his unfounded insinuations about Barack Obama’s birthplace and, even before that, to his responses to violence in New York City in the 1980s.
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Is there any reason why this can’t come to Canton, birthplace of the NFL?'
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Considered one of the best backs in the world. Grew up in Camas, Spain, the birthplace of bullfighting, and is a bullfighting aficionado.
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Yet his birthplace has not forgotten the left’s warrior-saint.
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Surfrider Beach Considered a birthplace of modern surfing, the point break just north of the Malibu Pier was declared the first World Surfing Reserve in 2010.
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How about a plaque in San Diego’s Presidio Park, marking California’s official birthplace?
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Haberichter's shop — which features acoustic string instruments regularly used in bluegrass music — could be considered the birthplace of the festival, which has taken on a life of its own over the years.
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Their protests draw on a tradition of left-wing activism in Germany’s second-largest city and the birthplace of its chancellor, Angela Merkel …
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First Known Use of birthplace
1610
birthplace Synonyms
Synonyms
cradle, home, mother country, motherlandRelated Words
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