PLACE OF ORIGIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does place of origin mean? • PLACE OF ORIGIN (noun)
The noun PLACE OF ORIGIN has 1 sense:
1. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Familiarity information: PLACE OF ORIGIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLACE OF ORIGIN (noun)
Meaning:
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
place of origin; provenance; provenience; birthplace; cradle
Context example:
the birthplace of civilization
Hypernyms ("place of origin" is a kind of...):
beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)
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