hometown
US/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/
hometown noun: an individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
Noun
hometown (plural hometowns)
- An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
- These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]1994, Lindsey Tucker, Textual escap(e)ades
- “It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in their hometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.”2003, Cory Doctorow, chapter 6, in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
- Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
- hometown decision, hometown verdict
hometown meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
hometown in Hindi
- place of birth or residence
- गृहनगर gŕhnagar
hometown in Urdu
- place of birth or residence
- آبائی شہر ābāī śahr
hometown in Bengali
- place of birth or residence
- দেশের বাড়ি deśer baṛi
hometown in Telugu
- place of birth or residence
- స్వగ్రామం svagrāmaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- hometown in Arabic
- مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس masqaṭ ar-raʔs, وَطَن الأُمّ waṭan al-ʔumm, بَلْدَةْ اَلْمَسْكَن baldat al-maskan, مَسْقَط masqaṭ
- hometown in Indonesian
- kampung halaman
- hometown in Persian
- زادگاه zâd-gâh
- hometown in Thai
- บ้านเกิด bâan gèrt
- hometown in Vietnamese
- quê hương, cố hương
- hometown in Myanmar
- ဇာတိမြို့ jati.mrui.
Examples of hometown in a sentence
- My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
- Is it well worth visiting your hometown? -Nah, Leicester is not worth it at all.
- So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.
Forms of hometown
| plural | hometowns |
|---|---|
| alternative form | home town |
Origin of hometown
From home + town.
Words formed from hometown
Questions about hometown
- What does hometown mean?
- Hometown means an individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
- What is hometown in Hindi?
- Hometown in Hindi is गृहनगर (gŕhnagar). See Hometown meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hometown?
- Hometown is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hometown?
- Hometown is pronounced /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of hometown?
- The plural of hometown is hometowns.
Words near hometown in the dictionary
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