Meanings
plural hometowns · alternative home town
- An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.
2021 April 10, AJ Willingham, “Female truckers have become TikTok influencers, and they’re changing the transportation game”, in CNN2 more examples
These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]
1994, Lindsey Tucker, Textual escap(e)ades“It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in their hometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.”
2003, Cory Doctorow, chapter 6, in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - attributiveDesignating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
hometown decision, hometown verdict
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
- Proto-Germanic*haimaz
- Proto-West Germanic*haim
- Old Englishhām
- Middle Englishhom
- Englishhome
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
- Proto-Celtic*dūnom
- Proto-Germanic*tūną
- Proto-West Germanic*tūn
- Old Englishtūn
- Middle Englishtoun
- Englishtown
- Englishhometown
Translations
Arabic مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس, وَطَن الأُمّ
- مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس (masqaṭ ar-raʔs)place of birth or residence
- وَطَن الأُمّ (waṭan al-ʔumm)place of birth or residence
- بَلْدَةْ اَلْمَسْكَن (baldat al-maskan)place of birth or residence
- مَسْقَط (masqaṭ)place of birth or residence
Bengali দেশের বাড়ি
- দেশের বাড়ি (deśer baṛi)place of birth or residence
Bulgarian ро́ден град
- ро́ден град (róden grad)place of birth or residence
Chinese Mandarin 家鄉 /家乡, 故鄉 /故乡
- 家鄉 /家乡 (jiāxiāng)place of birth or residence
- 故鄉 /故乡 (gùxiāng)place of birth or residence
- 老家 (lǎojiā)place of birth or residence
Czech rodné město
- rodné městoplace of birth or residence
Danish hjemby
- hjembyplace of birth or residence
Dutch vaderstad, geboorteplaats
- vaderstadplace of birth or residence
- geboorteplaatsplace of birth or residence
- woonplaatsplace of birth or residence
Esperanto naskiĝurbo, hejmurbo
- naskiĝurboplace of birth or residence
- hejmurboplace of birth or residence
- patrurboplace of birth or residence
Estonian kodulinn
- kodulinnplace of birth or residence
Finnish kotipaikka, kotikaupunki
- kotipaikkaplace of birth or residence
- kotikaupunkiplace of birth or residence
- kotikyläplace of birth or residence
French ville natale
- ville nataleplace of birth or residence
German Heimat, Heimatort
- Heimatplace of birth or residence
- Heimatortplace of birth or residence
Hebrew עיר מגורים
- עיר מגורים (ir m'gurim)place of birth or residence
Hindi गृहनगर
- गृहनगर (gŕhnagar)place of birth or residence
Hungarian szülőváros
- szülővárosplace of birth or residence
Indonesian kampung halaman
- kampung halamanplace of birth or residence
Italian città di origine
- città di origineplace of birth or residence
Japanese 故郷, 故郷
- 故郷 (furusato)place of birth or residence
- 故郷 (kokyō)place of birth or residence
Korean 고향
- 고향 (gohyang)place of birth or residence
Latin patria
- patriaplace of birth or residence
Persian زادگاه
- زادگاه (zâd-gâh)place of birth or residence
Polish rodzinne miasto, rodzinne miasteczko
- rodzinne miastoplace of birth or residence
- rodzinne miasteczkoplace of birth or residence
- rodzinna miejscowośćplace of birth or residence
Portuguese cidade natal
- cidade natalplace of birth or residence
Russian родно́й го́род
- родно́й го́род (rodnój górod)place of birth or residence
Slovak rodné mesto
- rodné mestoplace of birth or residence
Spanish patria chica
- patria chicaplace of birth or residence
Swedish hemstad
- hemstadplace of birth or residence
Thai บ้านเกิด
- บ้านเกิด (bâan gèrt)place of birth or residence
Turkish yurt, memleket
- yurtplace of birth or residence
- memleketplace of birth or residence
Ukrainian рі́дне мі́сто
- рі́дне мі́сто (rídne místo)place of birth or residence
Urdu آبائی شہر
- آبائی شہر (ābāī śahr)place of birth or residence
Vietnamese quê hương, cố hương
- quê hươngplace of birth or residence
- cố hươngplace of birth or residence
Yiddish היימשטאָט
- היימשטאָט (heymshtot)place of birth or residence
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Cite this entry
hometown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometown
“hometown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hometown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometown.
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