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The place where a person (or animal) was born. Also a favorite spot or 'haunt.' Watts, quoting Dobie, says that Texan cowboys use the term to refer to a longhorn's birthplace or a place the cow persistently returns to. The OED notes that in bullfighting it refers to the place in the ring where a bull takes his stand, or his "stamping ground." The DRAE indicates that it refers to the inclination or tendency of a person or animal to return to the place where s/he was raised or has become accustomed to. It may also refer to the place itself. Santamaría quotes Valle, who reports that this term refers (in Nicaragua) to the native territory of an animal, meaning the place where it was raised, where it has become accustomed to graze, and whose pathways and landmarks it knows and remembers instinctively. By extension, it is also used for the place a person calls home and where his or her loved ones reside.
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birthplace — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)θpleɪs[/t]] birthplaces 1) N COUNT Your birthplace is the place where you were born. [WRITTEN] 2) N COUNT: usu N of n The birthplace of something is the place where it began. ...Athens, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics … English dictionary
birthplace — noun a) The location where a person was born. Portsmouth was Charles Dickens birthplace. b) The location where something was created or devised. Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog … Wiktionary
birthplace — birth|place [ˈbə:θpleıs US ˈbə:rθ ] n [C usually singular] 1.) the place where someone was born, used especially when talking about someone famous ▪ Stratford upon Avon was Shakespeare s birthplace. 2.) the place where something first started to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
birthplace — noun (countable usually singular) 1 the place where someone was born, especially someone famous: Stratford upon Avon was Shakespeare s birthplace. 2 the place where something first started to happen or exist: New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
