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 evening after Jîna’s death, on assignment for the newspaper Ham-Mihan, my friend and colleague Elaheh Mohammadi drove eight hours overnight, through winding mountains and narrow roads, to Saqqez, Jîna’s hometown in Kurdistan. —Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025

The conversation between the two comes just as Lux is preparing to debut her first lead role in the film Miss Carbón, a true story about a trans woman named Carlita Rodríguez who becomes the first female coal miner in her hometown in Argentina. —Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 15 Sep. 2025

My first year doing a hometown show was a big deal. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025

Gangs have been spotted near her hometown. —Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 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