Meaning

2 senses
  1. The location where a person or an animal was born.

    Portsmouth was Charles Dickens’ birthplace.

    Geburtsort

    ме́сто рожде́нияmésto roždénija

    мі́сце наро́дженняmísce naródžennja

    the place where someone was born

  2. (broadly)The location where something was created or devised.

    Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Do you know his birthplace?

    Ти знаєш, де він народився?

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  2. Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing.

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  3. I've been to the birthplace of tomato juice.

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  4. Salmon return to their original birthplace to spawn.

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  5. England is the birthplace of the English language.

    ruАнглия — родина английского языка.

    deEngland ist die Wiege der englischen Sprache.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
location where a person is born:
Русский
By meaning 1
location where a person is born:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
location where a person is born:

Forms

plural: birthplaces

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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