birthplace

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

birthplace
    n 1: the place where someone was born [syn: {birthplace}, {place
         of birth}]
    2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
       existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn:
       {birthplace}, {cradle}, {place of origin}, {provenance},
       {provenience}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Birthplace \Birth"place`\, n.
   The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of
   origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace
   of valor." --Burns.
   [1913 Webster] birth rate,

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "birthplace":
      Vaterland, breeding place, brooder, cradle, fatherland,
      forcing bed, hatchery, home, homeground, homeland, hotbed,
      incubator, la patrie, mother country, motherland, native land,
      native soil, nest, nidus, nursery, patria, rookery,
      the old country

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