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BIRTHPLACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The place where someone was born
Synonyms:
birthplace; place of birth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("birthplace" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Example:
the birthplace of civilization
Synonyms:
birthplace; cradle; place of origin; provenance; provenience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("birthplace" is a kind of...):
beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)
