birthplace

Example Sentences

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His vision for hip-hop transformed the Bronx borough into "the birthplace of a culture that now reaches every corner of the world", said Reverend Dr Kurtis Blow Walker, the executive director of Hip Hop Alliance.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The region became the birthplace of the Chicano civil rights movement that included the East L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The town was also the birthplace of French revolutionary Georges Jacques Danton.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

Sam was no help—he was fond of his birthplace and an advocate of South Carolina’s evolution on matters of race.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead