Examples of birthplace in a Sentence
He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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Jiménez was one of the biggest names in the genre known as música popular, a blend of traditional Mexican ranchera music with Colombian sounds born in the country’s coffee-growing region, which includes Jiménez’s birthplace of Calda, Billboard reported.
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Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, a religion far more complex than the tired tropes of straw dolls and pins.
—Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
Stamp to be publicly unveiled A first-day-of-issue ceremony for the Muhammad Ali Forever Stamp is planned for Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, the birthplace of the famed boxer and home to the Muhammad Ali Center, which showcases his life and legacy.
—Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
The adobe building on Lankershim Boulevard is called the birthplace of California by historians.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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