Birthplace
['bɜːθpleɪs] or ['bɝθ'ples]
Definition
(noun.) the place where someone was born.
(noun.) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; 'the birthplace of civilization'.
Editor: Rufus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.
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Examples
- Menlo Park must always be looked upon as the birthplace of the electric light and power industry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One hundred of the latter sect are all that dwell now in this birthplace of Christianity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He states that it was first played in France, but later gives Spain as its birthplace. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It dates back to the shadowy ages of tradition, and was the birthplace of gods renowned in Grecian mythology. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of course, I thought you were but a shepherd boy, who, in default of god-parents, had to be called by the name of your birthplace. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This birthplace of Edison remains the plain, substantial little brick house it was originally: one-storied, with rooms finished on the attic floor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His birthplace was Miletus, a Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The place has thirty or forty thousand inhabitants and is remarkable for being the birthplace of harlequin. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- China is the birthplace of fireworks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One of them is Dwarka, the birthplace of the god Krishna. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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