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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Hawkes was born in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and adopted as a baby by an American family who raised him in Utah, thousands of miles from the coral atolls of his birthplace.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Philadelphia is the proud birthplace of it all, and Benjamin Franklin is to thank for it.
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Nikki Dementri,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Naples also happens to be the birthplace of pizza and offers an intoxicating mix of history and culture, making the cost of the Aperol Spritz just an additional bonus to visiting.
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Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Once, Washington went to a party in the Nightingale Avenue area in southeast Stockton, later known as the birthplace of the Everybody Killa (EBK) gang.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Philadelphia is the proud birthplace of it all, and Benjamin Franklin is to thank for it.
—
Nikki Dementri,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Naples also happens to be the birthplace of pizza and offers an intoxicating mix of history and culture, making the cost of the Aperol Spritz just an additional bonus to visiting.
—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Once, Washington went to a party in the Nightingale Avenue area in southeast Stockton, later known as the birthplace of the Everybody Killa (EBK) gang.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for birthplace
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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