Learn English – Are there any professional words given to the place where you were born but not raised

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I know a girl who was born in Melbourne in 199x but she was raised in Japan. Then she moved to China and has been living there for a few years.

Before she went back to Melbourne, one of her school mates asked the question, "Why must you leave". The girl told him, "I miss the place where I was born".

I have searched the Google web, which returned: hometown, place of birth.

Place of birth is alright, but it is long and somewhat mouthful, I don't know why.
According to online dictionary, the meaning of hometown can be either the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes, so, hometown, can not fully describe the situation in my question.

Thank you.

Best Answer

I would use the adjective natal to describe the place of one's birth, for instance one's natal city.

According to the Oxford dictionaries:

Natal

Relating to the place or time of one’s birth: he was living in the south, many miles from his natal city.

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