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

Early Tuesday morning, Anaheim mayor Ashleigh Aitken started getting a slew of calls and texts — rumors were swirling about a potential landmark day in her hometown. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

After spending the entire summer training with the Cardinals, Zhang hasn’t been back to his hometown in over a year. — Fred He, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

The area around my hometown was once a famous silk-producing region, and my grandparents kept silkworms in six-foot-wide bamboo trays. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

The renaming also cost Anaheim millions of dollars in legal fees after the city unsuccessfully sued to force Moreno to keep my hometown in the team’s name. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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