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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This appeal to nuance is perhaps a vestige of Tebow’s years visiting the Philippines, his birthplace, with his parents.
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Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Historic hotel Raffles Singapore, the birthplace of the Singapore Sling cocktail, rounded out the top five.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Silicon Valley is renowned as the birthplace of modern computing, home to companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Mocha, Yemen, is thought to be the birthplace of coffee as a beverage.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
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Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Historic hotel Raffles Singapore, the birthplace of the Singapore Sling cocktail, rounded out the top five.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Silicon Valley is renowned as the birthplace of modern computing, home to companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Mocha, Yemen, is thought to be the birthplace of coffee as a beverage.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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