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hometown

noun

Definition of hometownnext
as in country
the city or town where you were born or grew up She returned to her hometown to stay after college.

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Recent Examples of hometown One hot evening in late August 1950, Pavese checked into the Hotel Roma in Turin, his hometown. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The weather delay and late start time did not deter die-hard fans from staying for the band's hometown set. — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Sep. 2026 The couple legally tied the knot in their hometown in Florida five months earlier, which helped shed some of the nerves around the ceremony. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 The 28-year-old attorney came to Sidi Moussa El Majdoub, the hometown of a fellow candidate on his party list, for the funeral last week. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hometown
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  1. country
  2. home
Noun
  • That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Subsequent intermittent attacks between the two countries have coincided with higher domestic gas prices due to disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of country
Noun
  • Check for tours of her Tudor Revival home and the English-style garden filled with holly, lilac, and juniper bushes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Odyssey ends in a homecoming, driven by Nostos (hope for home).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometown. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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