He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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Without one of those, a person must show a driver’s license or identification along with another document showing birthplace, such as a birth certificate, naturalization certificate, consular report of birth abroad or final adoption decree.—Grace Abels, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 His birthplace, Antigo, Wis., an hour and a half northwest of Green Bay, had a fair and D. Wayne ... liked the horses.—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025 Their antecedents are ancient (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mesoamerican pictograms), though the journey from their modern birthplace (Japan circa the turn of the millennium) to their current ubiquity has been quick.—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025 With restaurants and humanitarian missions around the world, Chef José Andrés is globally renowned but always returns to his birthplace, Asturias, to reconnect with his roots.—Rana Good, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthplace
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