Birthplace

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Birthplace \Birth"place`\, n.
     The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of
     origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace
     of valor." --Burns.
     [1913 Webster] birth rate,



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  birthplace
       n 1: the place where someone was born [syn: {place of birth}]
       2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
          existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: {cradle},
           {place of origin}, {provenance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "birthplace":
     Vaterland, breeding place, brooder, cradle, fatherland,
     forcing bed, hatchery, home, homeground, homeland, hotbed,
     incubator, la patrie, mother country, motherland, native land,
     native soil, nest, nidus, nursery, patria, rookery,
     the old country