birthplace

English

Alternative forms

• place of birth

Etymology

From birth +‎ place.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝθˌpleɪs/

Noun

birthplace (plural birthplaces)

1. The location where a person was born.

   Portsmouth was Charles Dickens’ birthplace.

2. (by extension) The location where something was created or devised.

   Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog.

Synonyms

• birthstead

Translations

location where a person is born

• Apache:

  Western Apache: gozlįįye

• Arabic: مَكَان اَلْمِيلَاد‎ m (makān al-mīlād), مَسْقَط اَلرَّأْس‎ m (masqaṭ ar-raʾs)
• Burmese: မွေးရပ် (my) (mwe:rap)
• Catalan: lloc de naixement m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生地 (zh) (chūshēngdì)

• Czech: rodiště (cs) n
• Danish: fødested (da) n
• Dutch: geboorteplaats (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: naskiĝloko, naskiĝejo
• Finnish: syntymäpaikka (fi), synnyinpaikka
• French: lieu de naissance m
• German: Geburtsort (de) m
• Greek: τόπος γέννησης m (tópos génnisis)
• Hungarian: születési hely (hu)
• Ido: naskoloko (io)
• Italian: luogo di nascita m
• Japanese: 出生地 (しゅっしょうち, shusshōchi)
• Khmer: ដើមកំណើត (daəm kɑmnaət)
• Korean: 출생지 (chulsaengji) (出生地)
• Lao: ບ້ານເດີມ (bān dœ̄m)

• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: dzimšanas vieta f
• Maori: wākāinga
• Mongolian: төрсөн нутаг (törsön nutag)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fødested n

  Nynorsk: fødestad m

• Old English: cenningstōw f
• Persian: زادگاه‎ (fa) (zâd-gâh)
• Polish: miejsce urodzenia n
• Portuguese: terra natal f
• Russian: ме́сто рожде́ния n (mésto roždénija)
• Spanish: lugar de nacimiento m, lugar natal m
• Swedish: födelseort (sv) c
• Tajik: зодгоҳ‍ (zodgoh‍)
• Telugu: పుట్టిల్లు (te) (puṭṭillu)
• Thai: บ้านเกิด (bâan-gə̀ət)
• Turkish: doğum yeri (tr)
• Vietnamese: nơi sinh, sinh quán (vi)

place of origin of a product

• Japanese: 本場 (ja) (ほんば, honba)