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birthplace

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From birth +‎ place.

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birthplace (plural birthplaces)

  1. The location where a person was born.
    Synonym: place of birth
    Portsmouth was Charles Dickens’ birthplace.
    • 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 593:
      At Scotswood, the main line crosses to the south bank of the Tyne, but an alternative route, on the north side of the river, used by a few trains, rejoins the Carlisle line beyond North Wylam, the birthplace of George Stephenson.
  2. (by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
    Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog.
    • 2024 July 4, Lilit Marcus, “This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Most foreigners who have heard of Bhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment.

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