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birthplacebirth‧place /ˈbɜːθpleɪs $ ˈbɜːrθ-/ noun [countable usually singular]   - Muslims are expected to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace.
- Walden Pond has been called the birthplace of modern environmentalism.
- We visited Elvis' birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- We visited the birthplace of Lenin in Ulyanovsk.
- Both men no doubt were vexed by the unorthodoxy of their own birthplaces.
- Cataloguing the birthplaces of proteins will be a giant step towards solving the mysteries of human biology.
- Dallas is the birthplace of the computer chip, the chicken fajita and the frozen margarita.
- He has yet to prove, though, that this patch is the real McCoy, the birthplace of a hot-spot plume.
- In November it also became the birthplace of Rolling Stone magazine.
- There even was debate over his birthplace.
the place you come from► home town the town where you live now, where you were born, or where you spent most of your early life: · I haven't been back to my home town since my mother died.· She hated her home town so much she would never admit where she was from. ► birthplace the place where someone, especially someone famous, was born: · We visited the birthplace of Lenin in Ulyanovsk.· Muslims are expected to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace. ► place of birth the place where you were born -- used especially in official documents: · Forms usually ask you your name, address, nationality and place of birth.· She hoped that one day she would return to her place of birth. ► home the place where you usually live or the place that you come from, especially when that is the place where you feel you belong and where you would most like to live: · It took us about ten years to think of Atlanta as home.· Her home, she said, was in Southern China, but she hadn't been there since she was a child. the place, situation etc that something comes from► origin/origins the situation, ideas, events etc that something else developed from: · The rumour is now so widespread, it's difficult to be certain of its origin.origin/origins of: · Astronomers hope new instruments will give them further clues to the origins of the universe.· a book that tries to explain the origin of words and phrases ► source the point or place where something comes from or where people get something from: · They get their money from various sources.source of: · Beans and lentils are a very good source of protein.· Most Americans rely on television as their chief source of information. ► cradle: cradle of democracy/civilization/human society etc the place or situation in which democracy etc first started: · Ancient Athens is generally thought of as the cradle of democracy.· Baghdad, the cradle of civilization ► birthplace the place where something first started to exist: birthplace of: · New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz· Walden Pond has been called the birthplace of modern environmentalism. ► root the most important reason for or cause of something else happening or existing, especially a problem or something bad: root of: · Low taxation of the rich is the root of the economic problems in this country.the root of all evil: · The love of money is said to be the root of all evil. 1the place where someone was born, used especially when talking about someone famous:  Stratford-upon-Avon was Shakespeare’s birthplace.2the place where something first started to happen or exist: New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. |