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 following September, Kelly was once again found guilty, this time at a federal trial in his hometown of Chicago, where he was convicted on three child pornography charges.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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This also inspired Ovechkin, who plans to one day fill out a commemorative display in Washington, D.C. and build a museum in his hometown of Moscow.
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Please include your real name—at least first and last—and hometown.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Traveling to New York, Paris, Osaka, Seoul and his hometown of Gwangju in South Korea, j-hope explored his passion for dance in the six-part Prime Video project.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
This also inspired Ovechkin, who plans to one day fill out a commemorative display in Washington, D.C. and build a museum in his hometown of Moscow.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Please include your real name—at least first and last—and hometown.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 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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