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How to pronounce birthplace in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
Type of beginning, source, rootage, origin, root


the birthplace of civilization.
Type Words
Synonyms place of birth
Type of place, spot, topographic point

Examples of birthplace

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In the birthplace of Christ, Bethlehem, Christians have largely been forced out.
From the washingtontimes.com
The most famous place to celebrate Holi is Vrindavan, the birthplace of Krishna.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There is obviously more going on than an honest inquiry into Obama's birthplace.
From the chron.com
Sixteen thousand tourists made the 14-minute tour of the birthplace during June.
From the time.com
Mosquitoes breed in standing water and tend to remain close to their birthplace.
From the orlandosentinel.com
No one blames Clarksdale for trading on its past as the birthplace of the blues.
From the independent.co.uk
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, something you'd be hard pushed to forget.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Neither Clement's birthdate or birthplace is known with any degree of certainty.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It was the birthplace of William R. Tolbert, Jr., the 20th president of Liberia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • The place where someone was born
  • Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
  • The Birthplace is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection The Better Sort in 1903. A witty satire on the excesses of bardolatry, the story reflects James's skepticism about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. ...
  • The location where a person was born; The location where something was created or devised
  • 29% in Hong Kong, 25% England, 19% Mainland China, 8% Malaysia, 4% Vietnam, 3% Singapore, 2.4% Scotland, 2% Taiwan, 0.9% Wales, 0.1% Northern Ireland.
  • N. The place where a person is born. In some states an adoptee's birthplace is routinely falsified, deemed to be too identifying
  • The Savannah, Georgia, birthplace and childhood home of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. The Birthplace is now a historic house museum and Girl Scout troop program facility. Learn more in Who We Are: The Birthplace.
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Seattle, Washington, United States