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

While Markle and Harry had both previously appeared to be supporting the former actress's hometown team, Zajfen hinted that their loyalties were divided. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns. —Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

The flagship location in my hometown, with its brutalist architecture, piles of newspapers threatening to burst out of the shelves, and the abundance of books in every genre—particularly crime fiction, my first and still greatest love. —Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

He got cut from the Jacksonville Jaguars, his hometown team, before the season started in 2021. —Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 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