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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The lineup includes a hometown show at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, before concluding on Nov. 25 in Detroit, MI. —Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 June 2025

The Cowboy Carter Tour now heads to Houston, where Beyoncé is scheduled to perform two hometown shows starting on June 28. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025

The Cowboy Carter tour will pick back up this weekend with two hometown shows at Houston’s NRG Stadium. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025

After more than two years and some 70 shows, Metallica’s M72 World Tour has finally landed in the band’s hometown Bay Area. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hometown

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown

Kids Definition

hometown

noun

home·​town -ˈtau̇n 

: the city or town where one was born or grew up