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home; hometown

NounSino-Korean: 故鄕

  1. 1

    home; hometown

    A place where one was born and grew up.

    Korean definition: 태어나서 자란 곳.

    • Whenever things get hard, athlete Kim visits his hometown to find warm comfort.

    • The displaced people shed tears, longing for the hometown they wanted to go to but could not.

  2. 2

    home

    An unforgettable place that one misses and feels attached to.

    Korean definition: 잊을 수 없는 그립고 정든 곳.

    • The countryside is the dining table of the nation and the home of life.

    • A spiritual home lies in the myths that a people created.

  3. 3

    birthplace

    A place where a certain thing or social phenomenon begins or occurs for the first time.

    Korean definition: 어떤 사물이나 사회적 현상이 처음 생기거나 시작된 곳.

    • It rains so much here that you could call it the birthplace of rain.

    • England is the birthplace of soccer, and people there still enjoy and love soccer.