Dictionary

hometown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town English hometown From home + town.

Meanings

1. 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 CNN:
   • 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:
2. (attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
   • hometown decision, hometown verdict

Forms

Deriveds

homeboy · hometowned · hometownish · hometowner

Translations (66)

sh rodno mesto (place of birth or residence) · te స్వగ్రామం (place of birth or residence) · pl rodzinne miasteczko (place of birth or residence) · bcl dagang tinubuan (place of birth or residence) · vi quê hương (place of birth or residence) · hi गृहनगर (place of birth or residence) · et kodulinn (place of birth or residence) · sk rodné mesto (place of birth or residence) · eo patrurbo (place of birth or residence) · sh родно место (place of birth or residence) · sh родно мјесто (place of birth or residence) · sh rodno mjesto (place of birth or residence) · ko 고향 (place of birth or residence) · be ро́дны го́рад (place of birth or residence) · tr memleket (place of birth or residence) · ja 故郷 (place of birth or residence) · vi cố hương (place of birth or residence) · gv balley dooghys (place of birth or residence) · fa زادگاه (place of birth or residence) · de Heimat (place of birth or residence) · nl vaderstad (place of birth or residence) · sh rodni grad (place of birth or residence) · bn দেশের বাড়ি (place of birth or residence) · eo naskiĝurbo (place of birth or residence) · cs rodné město (place of birth or residence) · da hjemby (place of birth or residence) · sh родни град (place of birth or residence) · bg ро́ден град (place of birth or residence) · eo hejmurbo (place of birth or residence) · ru родно́й го́род (place of birth or residence) · uk рі́дне мі́сто (place of birth or residence) · cmn 家鄉 /家乡 (place of birth or residence) · tr yurt (place of birth or residence) · la patria (place of birth or residence) · fi kotikaupunki (place of birth or residence) · he עיר מגורים (place of birth or residence) · ur آبائی شہر (place of birth or residence) · hu szülőváros (place of birth or residence) · fi kotipaikka (place of birth or residence) · th บ้านเกิด (place of birth or residence) · pl rodzinna miejscowość (place of birth or residence) · it città di origine (place of birth or residence) · nl geboorteplaats (place of birth or residence) · ar بَلْدَةْ اَلْمَسْكَن (place of birth or residence) · fr ville natale (place of birth or residence) · ar مَسْقَط (place of birth or residence) · sv hemstad (place of birth or residence) · ja 故郷 (place of birth or residence) · mk роден град (place of birth or residence) · yi היימשטאָט (place of birth or residence) · ar وَطَن الأُمّ (place of birth or residence) · fi kotikylä (place of birth or residence) · es patria chica (place of birth or residence) · nl woonplaats (place of birth or residence) · ug يۇرت (place of birth or residence) · gl cidade natal (place of birth or residence) · de Heimatort (place of birth or residence) · cmn 故鄉 /故乡 (place of birth or residence) · cmn 老家 (place of birth or residence) · pt cidade natal (place of birth or residence) · pl rodzinne miasto (place of birth or residence) · ar مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس (place of birth or residence) · my ဇာတိမြို့ (place of birth or residence) · id kampung halaman (place of birth or residence) · sl rojstno mesto (place of birth or residence) · nay ngatjurtul (place of birth or residence)