hometown A1 Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ See IPA manual Freq #7491 Meanings 1 noun The town or city where you grew up or where you live. They never went back to their hometown again. Thesaurus Word family Forms hometowns Derived forms homeboyhometownedhometownerhometownish Etymology AI details From home + town. Topics Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hometown **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ **Frequency rank:** 7491 ## Meanings 1. The town or city where you grew up or where you live. ## Examples - They never went back to their hometown again. ## Derived Forms - homeboy - hometowned - hometowner - hometownish ## Etymology From home + town. ## AI Etymology Hometown comes from home + town. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main sense is “The town or city where you grew up or where you live”. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown