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Definition of hometown
: the city or town where one was born or grew up
also
: the place of one's principal residence
Examples of hometown in a Sentence
She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
Recent Examples on the Web
Glen Rugar, 58, of Holly Hill, FL passed away on August 28, 2019 in his hometown of Rocky Hill. — courant.com, "Glen A. Rugar," 4 Sep. 2019 Before being discovered when a photographer in her hometown of DeKalb, Illinois shot her for a college newspaper, Crawfordāthe valedictorian of her high school classāhad a chemical engineering scholarship to Northwestern waiting for her. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber Just Joined Vogueās Forces of Fashion," 4 Sep. 2019 Anderson Davis and her family were sitting at a red light in their hometown of Odessa when a bullet went through their car and struck the 17-month-old in the mouth and chest, according to a Facebook post from the childās mother, Kelby Giesler Davis. — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, "Family, friends of Odessa mass shooting survivors find hope after the terror," 2 Sep. 2019 The documentary has since played at more than 50 film festivals around the world and has spent the summer touring theaters around the U.S., with Was introducing it in his hometown of Detroit during July. — Gary Graff, Billboard, "'Beyond the Notes' Documentary Celebrates Blue Note's 80th Anniversary: Exclusive Clip," 29 Aug. 2019 The menās bicycle road race took place in my hometown of Mission Viejo and it was announced in advance that the course would be prepared the day before ā bales of hay on the downhill turns, etc. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, "Former Indianapolis Colts player will buy season tickets from unhappy Andrew Luck fans," 26 Aug. 2019 McClain, who also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers from 2011 to 2013, was arrested in 2014 on a felony charge of synthetic-marijuana trafficking in his hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, "Former Ravens fullback LeāRon McClain pleads for help on Twitter: āI have to get my head checkedā," 26 Aug. 2019 She was taken to a local emergency room in her hometown of El Carmen, roughly 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) east of the capital by her mother and a neighbor. — Flora Charner And Kara Fox, CNN, "Salvadoran woman at center of controversial abortion trial acquitted of all charges," 19 Aug. 2019 His day with the Cup in his hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan included a joint community celebration with St. Louis Blues teammate Jaden Schwartz, the former Colorado College Tiger who grew up just outside Regina. — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Stanley Cup champion Tyler Bozak shares summer celebration, thoughts on new Avs forward Nazem Kadri, from DU pro camp," 19 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hometown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for hometown
hometown
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hometown
: the city or town where you were born or grew up
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hometown
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Kids Definition of hometown
: the city or town where a person was born or grew up
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