"home town" meaning in English

See home town in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: home towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home town (plural home towns)
  1. Alternative form of hometown Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hometown
    Sense id: en-home_town-en-noun-a1vZ-5lb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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