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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Freddy Fender, born in Crockett's hometown, San Benito, as Baldemar Garza Huerta, popularized the intersection of country music and Mexican American sounds in the 1970s.
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On April 23, 1616, English poet and playwright William Shakespeare died in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon at the age of fifty-two.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, the singer-songwriter revealed the video for the hometown heartache track, which stars Langley alongside Luke Grimes and Ava Phillippe with special appearances from Miranda Lambert and Kaitlin Butts.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Freddy Fender, born in Crockett's hometown, San Benito, as Baldemar Garza Huerta, popularized the intersection of country music and Mexican American sounds in the 1970s.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
On April 23, 1616, English poet and playwright William Shakespeare died in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon at the age of fifty-two.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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hometown
noun
home·town
-ˈtau̇n
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
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