hometown

The word “hometown” means the town or city where a person was born or grew up. In plain terms, the town you're from originally, whether or not you still live there.

“Hometown” is pronounced HOHM-town (/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ in IPA).

Here is “hometown” used in a sentence: “He moved back to his hometown after retiring.”

“Hometown” is a noun.

“Hometown” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

Your hometown is the specific town or city where you were born or grew up, while your home country is the nation you come from. A hometown is local and specific, whereas a home country is national in scope.

Your birthplace is strictly the place where you were born, while your hometown is where you grew up, which may or may not be the same place. Someone born in one city but raised in another would have a different birthplace and hometown.

In modern English, hometown is normally written as a single word. Writing it as 'home town' in two words is an older or chiefly British style, but the one-word form is now standard.

Hometown often appears in phrases such as 'my hometown,' 'hometown hero,' 'hometown crowd,' and 'back in my hometown.' A 'hometown hero' is a locally admired person who has achieved success.