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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the town (or city) where a person was born or grew up or has his principal residence.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence

Etymologies

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home +‎ town

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