birthplace
pronunciation
How to pronounce birthplace in British English:
UK [ˈbɜːθpleɪs]
How to pronounce birthplace in American English:
US [ˈbɜːrθpleɪs]
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- Noun:
- the place where someone was born
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Word Origin
- birthplace (n.)
- also birth-place, c. 1600, from birth (n.) + place (n.).
Example
- 1. In effect , it confines a person 's legal residency to his birthplace .
- 2. Lumbini is the birthplace of lord buddha and a unesco world heritage site .
- 3. Since then mromondi has been forcibly evicted from his birthplace on four occasions .
- 4. Invading muslims in the 16th century had allegedly plonked the mosque on ram 's birthplace .
- 5. Nagasaki is the birthplace of japanese christianity .