Definition of "birthplace" []

• The place where someone is born or where something originates. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He adores the city, which he calls the birthplace of baseball."
• "Control of Kandahar, the Taliban movement's birthplace, is seen as key to reversing Taliban momentum in the war."
• "Considering her birthplace is only 60 miles from Canada?"