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birth·place  (bûrthpls)
n.
The place where someone is born or where something originates.

birthplace [ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs]
n
the place where someone was born or where something originated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.birthplace - the place where someone was born
place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
2.birthplace - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

birthplace
noun native land, homeland, cradle, fatherland Athens, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.
Translations
birthplace [ˈbɜːθpleɪs] Nlugar m de nacimiento

birthplace birth place [ˈbɜːrθpleɪs] n
[person] → lieu m de naissance
[thing] → berceau m
birth plan n [pregnant woman] → projet m d'accouchement
birth rate ntaux m de natalité, natalité f

birthplace [ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs] nluogo di nascita; (town) → città natale
birthplace [ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs] nluogo di nascita; (town) → città natale

birthplace محل الميلاد rodiště fødested Geburtsort τόπος γέννησης lugar de nacimiento syntymäpaikka lieu de naissance mjesto rođenja luogo di nascita 出生地 출생지 geboorteplaats fødested miejsce urodzenia local de nascimento место рождения födelseort สถานที่เกิด doğum yeri nơi sinh 出生地


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I would have liked to visit the birthplace of Gutenburg, but it could not be done, as no memorandum of the site of the house has been kept.
Some years ago, when you were beginning to tell me your real name and birthplace, you may remember I stopped you, and preferred to remain ignorant of all.
But the sweetest incident of Anne's sojourn in Bolingbroke was the visit to her birthplace -- the little shabby yellow house in an out-of-the-way street she had so often dreamed about.
 
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