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birthplace

[burth-pleys] / ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs /


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The roughly 60-mile journey adds to the hundreds of miles she’s already traveled from her birthplace in Plumas County, in the far northeastern corner of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Algeria is the birthplace of the fifth-century St Augustine and the pope belongs to the Augustinian order, which was founded in the 13th century.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The "Clydebank Titan" is the oldest surviving example worldwide, built in 1907 for the John Brown shipyard, birthplace of great ships like HMS Hood, the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and the QE2.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

She, who had never been more than fifty miles from her birthplace, learned to traverse the maze of Spanish-named streets in that enigma that is Los Angeles.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou