Birthplace \Birth"place`\, n.
The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of
origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace
of valor." --Burns.
[1913 Webster] birth rate,
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
birthplace
n 1: the place where someone was born [syn: place of birth]
2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: cradle,
place of origin, provenance]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "birthplace":
Vaterland, breeding place, brooder, cradle, fatherland,
forcing bed, hatchery, home, homeground, homeland, hotbed,
incubator, la patrie, mother country, motherland, native land,
native soil, nest, nidus, nursery, patria, rookery,
the old country
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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