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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Morehead State is about an hour from her hometown of Maysville.
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Michael Vasquez, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
On Halloween of last year, he was finally released in a plea deal that all but banished him from their shared hometown of Atlanta and put him on probation for 15 years.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Amiri, who launched his label in 2014 in his native Los Angeles, has always drawn inspiration from his hometown.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025
Take Rimini, a third-division club from Fellini’s hometown.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Michael Vasquez, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
On Halloween of last year, he was finally released in a plea deal that all but banished him from their shared hometown of Atlanta and put him on probation for 15 years.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Amiri, who launched his label in 2014 in his native Los Angeles, has always drawn inspiration from his hometown.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025
Take Rimini, a third-division club from Fellini’s hometown.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 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 2 Sep. 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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