birthplace

Example Sentences

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This is the spiritual birthplace of the fruity martini — the era of the Appletini, Watermelon Martini, Chocolate Martini, basically any flavor or color you could imagine, bartenders were making a “martini” out of it.

From Salon

Her Greek birthplace came to be a lifelong handicap: the Hoxha regime was convinced she was a foreign spy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Midwest city, as many know, is Disney’s birthplace, but in 1948 he and Kimball embarked on a vacation to that city’s railroad fair.

From Los Angeles Times

British Columbia is historically home to Canada's environmental movement – it's the birthplace of Greenpeace, one of the world's largest climate organisations.

From BBC

In the birthplace of Western drama, a classic night unfolded from around the hour-mark, in Greece and in Copenhagen, a tragicomedy and a mystery and a farce.

From BBC