birthplace
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs/
:
lugar de nacimiento
- Nazareth is known throughout the Christian world as Jesus' birthplace, where he grew up and where he received his education.
- birthplace of Jesus
- temple marking the birthplace
- return to the birthplace
Exhibit A You are always born in your birthplace, but it's rare to die on your grave.
- Exhibit A You are always born in your birthplace, but it's rare to die on your grave.
- And when we had the Museum of Stalin's birthplace, they've been trying to change for some years because it's been unadulteratedly pro Stalin for years.
Examples
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Arkansas, birthplace of Johnny Cash and Al Green.
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I came here from my birthplace when I realized that I had no mother and no father.
Fiction book (1995) -
We have returned to our birthplace to die.
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I have been to the birthplace of Mr. Shakespeare.
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Give your name, rank and birthplace.
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Yet in memory, Chagall returned to his birthplace again and again.
Academic text (2008) -
I visited his birthplace museum in Tyrone.
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Tintagel Island is King Arthur's birthplace.
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Berkeley Plantation is the site of the first official Thanksgiving in 1619 and the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison.
Academic text (1995) -
I traveled to the birthplace of Albert Einstein to learn more about his early life.
Synonyms
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1.6
The town, city or country where someone is born
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3.5
The location where someone or something first started to exist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Birthplace is simply birth + place; birth means 'being born', as in birthday, and place means 'location', so birthplace is the location where a person was born.