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birthplace Definition

birth·place (-plās′)

noun

  1. the place of one's birth
  2. the place where something originated

birthplace Synonyms

birthplace

n.

place of origin, place of birth, place of nativity, one's country, home town, native home, native land; see also country 3.

birthplace Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Christianity: Birthplace of Scottish Christianity, Iona is only a small island.
  • Buddhism: Visit the nearby temples at Sarnath, which was actually the birthplace of Buddhism.
  • painter: It has famous Roman hot springs and is the birthplace of the painter Paul Cezanne.
  • revolution: It is in short the birthplace of the revolution!
  • poet: In between the towns of Keswick and the old Georgian town of Cockermouth, the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth.
  • democracy: Here we'll visit the Great Hall, birthplace of modern democracy and see King Arthur's Round Table.

Possessives

  • mother: Life's unpredictable cycle has brought Kay to live in Painswick, just a mile or two from her Mothers ' birthplace.

Converse of object

  • visit: Visit the legendary birthplace of King Arthur or walk with dinosaurs.
  • mark: En route you will pass a monument marking the birthplace of the writer James Hogg.
  • become: Under Thomson and Rutherford, it became the birthplace of nuclear physics.
  • show: It appears that the police were detaining all students or youths whose identity papers showed a birthplace in the south-eastern, mainly Kurdish provinces.
  • find: We cannot find a birthplace for Luke in the UK.
  • include: A town trail, takes in interesting old buildings including the birthplace of Anthony Pane the " Cornish Giant " .

Adjective modifier

  • reputed: Burnham Market Burnham Rectory was the reputed birthplace of Admiral Lord Nelson.
  • legendary: Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle legendary birthplace of King Arthur.
  • own: It is said that Christianity is dying on its feet in its own birthplace.
  • historic: Save John Muir House Campaign Created to save the historic birthplace in Dunbar from destruction.
  • original: One may reside in a province without it being the person's original birthplace.

Modifies a noun

  • museum: Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline and you can visit his birthplace museum.
  • cottage: It is still possible to visit his birthplace cottage at Wylam.
birthplace Quotes

The Mountjoy began to move, and soon passed safe through the broken stakes and floating spars.But her brave master was no more. A shot from one of the batteries had struck him; and he died by the most enviable of all deaths, in sight of the city which was his birthplace, which was his home, and which had just been saved by his courage and self-devotion from the most frightful form of destruction.

—1st Baron

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