hometownnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhəʊm.taʊn/us/ˈhoʊm.taʊn/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 Miami, but he considers New York his hometown since he's lived there most of his life.
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- citywide
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- Greater
- hill station
- megacity
- metropolis
- metropolitan
- native place
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
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