hometown

home ˈtown BrE AmE especially British English, home‧town especially American English /ˌhəʊmˈtaʊn $ ˌhoʊm-/ noun [countable]
the place where you were born and spent your childhood
sb’s home town
He hired a car and drove up to his home town.
She’s written for her hometown newspaper.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hometown

home·town 7 [hometown] [ˈhəʊmtaʊn] [ˈhoʊmtaʊn] noun
the place where you were born or lived as a child
Example Bank:

• He married a girl from his hometown and they went back there to live.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hometown / ˈhəʊm.taʊn / / ˈhoʊm- / noun [ C ]

the town or city that a person is from, especially the one in which they were born and lived while they were young:

He was born in Bristol, but he considers London his hometown since he's lived there most of his life.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

hometown

[ho͟ʊmta͟ʊn]
hometowns
also home town
N-COUNT: with poss
Someone's hometown is the town where they live or the town that they come from.
I went to work as a painter in my hometown, Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hometown

home·town /ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn/ noun, pl -towns [count] : the city or town where you were born or grew up
• She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
• hometown friends

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