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hometown [noun]

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

US /ˈhoʊm.taʊn/ 
UK /ˈhəʊm.taʊn/ 
Example: 

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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

home town

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