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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Vernice leaves their small Louisiana hometown at 18 to join a powerful sisterhood of Black women at Spelman College who open the door to a world of affluent aspiration.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Gaines had made the approximate 80-mile drive west from his hometown in Perris, California, to Los Angeles to watch his future team take on UCLA in the LA Bowl.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Dec. 2025
See, often underestimated, Stein, who started as a wide receiver for the Shamrocks, stayed in his hometown and walked on at the University of Louisville.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
Enter hometown architect Jeanne Gang, whose undulating, 101-story skyscraper has glass windows tinted in varying degrees of blue to catch the shimmer of the surrounding water and sky.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Gaines had made the approximate 80-mile drive west from his hometown in Perris, California, to Los Angeles to watch his future team take on UCLA in the LA Bowl.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Dec. 2025
See, often underestimated, Stein, who started as a wide receiver for the Shamrocks, stayed in his hometown and walked on at the University of Louisville.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
Enter hometown architect Jeanne Gang, whose undulating, 101-story skyscraper has glass windows tinted in varying degrees of blue to catch the shimmer of the surrounding water and sky.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 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 16 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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