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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Surovstev’s birthplace, present-day Mariupol, Ukraine, has endured some of the most devastating strikes and sieges from Russia during the war.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Cambridge is near the birthplace of Harriet Tubman, and her legacy lives on at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park.
—Katie Riley, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
His final acceptance of death is etched in stone over 9,000 miles from his birthplace.
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The resort is also decades ahead of the modern-day wellness trend, thanks to its location in the birthplace of Evian mineral water, whose health benefits have been championed by locals for centuries.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Cambridge is near the birthplace of Harriet Tubman, and her legacy lives on at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park.
—Katie Riley, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
His final acceptance of death is etched in stone over 9,000 miles from his birthplace.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
The resort is also decades ahead of the modern-day wellness trend, thanks to its location in the birthplace of Evian mineral water, whose health benefits have been championed by locals for centuries.
—Blane Bachelor, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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