hometown

See also: home town

English

Alternative forms

home town

Etymology

home +‎ town

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

hometown (plural hometowns)

An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
hometown decision, hometown verdict

Derived terms

Translations

place of birth or residence

Arabic: مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس m (masqaṭ ar-raʔs), وَطَن الأُمّ m (waṭan al-ʔumm), بَلْدَةْ اَلْمَسْكَن f (baldat al-maskan), مَسْقَط (ar) m (masqaṭ)
Belarusian: ро́дны го́рад m (ródny hórad)
Bengali: দেশের বাড়ি (deśer baṛi)
Bikol Central: dagang tinubuan
Bulgarian: ро́ден град m (róden grad)
Burmese: ဇာတိမြို့ (jati.mrui.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家鄉／家乡 (zh) (jiāxiāng), (formal) 故鄉／故乡 (zh) (gùxiāng), 老家 (zh) (lǎojiā)
Czech: rodné město n
Danish: hjemby c
Dutch: vaderstad (nl) m or f
Esperanto: hejmurbo, patrurbo
Estonian: kodulinn
Finnish: kotipaikka (fi), kotikaupunki (fi), kotikylä (fi)
French: ville natale f
Galician: cidade natal f
German: Heimat (de) f, Heimatort (de) f
Hebrew: עיר מגורים f (ir m'gurim)
Hindi: गृहनगर m (gŕhangar)
Hungarian: szülőváros (hu)
Indonesian: kampung halaman (id)
Italian: città di origine f
Japanese: 故郷 (ja) (ふるさと, furusato), 故郷 (ja) (こきょう, kokyō)
Korean: 고향(故鄕) (ko) (gohyang)
Latin: patria (la) f
Macedonian: роден град m (roden grad)
Manx: balley dooghys m
Ngarrindjeri: ngatjurtul
Persian: زادگاه (fa) (zâd-gâh)
Polish: rodzinne miasto n, rodzinne miasteczko n, rodzinna miejscowość f
Portuguese: cidade natal f
Russian: родно́й го́род m (rodnój górod)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: родно место n, родно мјесто n, родни град m

Roman: rodno mesto n, rodno mjesto n, rodni grad m
Slovak: rodné mesto n
Slovene: rojstno mesto n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pueblo natal m, ^{(please verify)} ciudad de orígen f, patria chica
Swedish: hemstad (sv)
Telugu: స్వగ్రామం (svagrāmaṁ)
Thai: บ้านเกิด (bâan gèrt)
Turkish: yurt (tr), memleket (tr)
Ukrainian: рі́дне мі́сто n (rídne místo)
Urdu: آبائی شہر m (ābāī śahr)
Uyghur: يۇرت (yurt)
Vietnamese: quê hương (vi), cố hương (vi) (故鄉)
Yiddish: היימשטאָט (heymshtot)

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