birthplace (noun)

  • 1birthplace — ► NOUN ▪ the place where a person was born …

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  • 2birthplace — noun a) The location where a person was born. Portsmouth was Charles Dickens birthplace. b) The location where something was created or devised. Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog …

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  • 3birthplace — noun (countable usually singular) 1 the place where someone was born, especially someone famous: Stratford upon Avon was Shakespeare s birthplace. 2 the place where something first started to happen or exist: New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz …

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  • 4birthplace — noun Date: 1607 place of birth or origin …

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  • 5birthplace — noun 1》 the place where a person was born. 2》 the place where something began or originated …

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  • 6birthplace — UK [ˈbɜː(r)θˌpleɪs] / US [ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs] noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms birthplace : singular birthplace plural birthplaces 1) the place where someone was born a visit to Mandela s birthplace 2) the place where something first… …

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  • 7birthplace — birth|place [ bɜrθ,pleıs ] noun count usually singular 1. ) the place where someone was born: Kennedy s birthplace was in Brookline, near Boston. 2. ) the place where something first started to exist: birthplace of: Wayne County, the birthplace… …

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  • 8birthplace — [ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs] noun [C] 1) the place where someone was born 2) the place where something first started …

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  • 9birthplace — /ˈbɜθpleɪs/ (say berthplays) noun the place of birth or origin …

  • 10place of origin — noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence (Freq. 1) the birthplace of civilization • Syn: ↑birthplace, ↑cradle, ↑provenance, ↑provenience • Hypernyms: ↑beginning, ↑ …

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