place of birth
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- noun
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lugar de nacimiento
- To apply for a passport, you need to provide your place of birth.
- age and place of birth
- father's place of birth
- race and place of birth
But the identical twin copying happens at the at the place of birth.
- But the identical twin copying happens at the at the place of birth.
Examples
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Uh, date and place of birth?
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Your place of birth?
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Just bring her date and place of birth.
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As long as you have their date and place of birth.
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The address given for her place of birth was 3 Green Hill.
Fiction book (1996) -
Names, ages and place of Birth of your children, please.
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- Place of birth? - Bristol.
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So, Mr. Capone, can you for the record state your name, age, and place of birth?
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One's place of birth and one's language usually constitute one's identification within a native or national culture.
Academic text (2008) -
University students indicated their ethnic/cultural origins, their place of birth, and the place of birth of both parents.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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The place where someone was born
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The location where someone or something first started to exist
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the town, city, or country where a person was born' is directly derivable from combining 'place' (a location) with the relational preposition 'of' and 'birth' (the event of being born). This noun + of + noun genitive pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase place of birth comes from the simple idea of the exact place where a person's birth happened. Long ago people were often named after their town, like 'John of York', so knowing someone's place of birth helped 'identify' them and it now means the town, city, or country 'where they were born'.