hometown
noun
home·town
ˈhōm-ˈtau̇n 
often attributive
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
also
: the place of one's principal residence
Examples of hometown in a Sentence
She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
But plenty needs to happen before the Chiefs can officially make Kansas City, Kansas, its hometown.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Jamie Moyer is back in his hometown of Souderton, Pennsylvania, for his father’s 95th birthday party.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Ahmed, 43, who has two daughters and holds Australian citizenship, left his hometown of Syria’s Idlib province about 20 years ago to find work in Australia.
—Connor Greene, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hometown
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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hometown
noun
home·town
-ˈtau̇n
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
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