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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The Lions will host the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field in Detroit, and hometown hero Jack White will headline the halftime festivities.
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Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
His body was cremated, and his father brought his ashes down to Durham — back to his hometown.
—Sofie Buckminster, semafor.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Mahmoud Elyan, a recent graduate who was displaced from the southern city of Rafah to central Gaza, stood at a crowded dessert shop in his hometown with a grin on his face.
—Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
The Aussie rockers, who had been set for a triumphant hometown performance, redirected their entire AU$5,000 performance fee to seven local venues — a gesture that quickly grew into a AU$35,000 bar tab shared across some of the city’s most beloved rooms.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2025
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Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
His body was cremated, and his father brought his ashes down to Durham — back to his hometown.
—Sofie Buckminster, semafor.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Mahmoud Elyan, a recent graduate who was displaced from the southern city of Rafah to central Gaza, stood at a crowded dessert shop in his hometown with a grin on his face.
—Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
The Aussie rockers, who had been set for a triumphant hometown performance, redirected their entire AU$5,000 performance fee to seven local venues — a gesture that quickly grew into a AU$35,000 bar tab shared across some of the city’s most beloved rooms.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown. Accessed 20 Nov. 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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