home town
Where you're from
The place where a person grew up or has lived long enough to feel rooted there.
Home town carries emotional weight—nostalgia, belonging, or identity: She returned to her home town after twenty years.
It need not be where someone currently lives, but rather where they feel they're from.
Also spelled as one word: hometown.
- old countryImmigrant's ancestral homeland
- provinceRegional administrative district
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- communityCollective of connected people
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
growing up · birthplace · place of origin · homestate · belonging · upbringing · heritage · folklore · family · neighborhood · landmarks · dialect · leaving · cuisine · nostalgia · sentimentality · historical figures · return
familiarity and belonging
home townforeign land
Another country
foreign country · exile · abroad · overseas · diaspora