Learn English – the correct word to refer to a company’s home area

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In Finland we don't have the concept of state, we only have paikkakunta, which basically means a city, town, or simply a named urban area.

What would be the proper word to refer to a company's home "paikkakunta" in sentences like this:

Is your company's official [paikkakunta] still Helsinki?

Few possibilities I've found from dictionaries, some of which are probably completely incorrect, and of course others might exist too:

  • locality
  • hometown
  • domicile
  • residency

An example from the headquarters Wikipedia page, where it says

The headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.

This is not what I'm after, I am specifically looking for the place that the headquarters is located in, so I'd like to be able to say something like:

The [paikkakunta] of the United Nations is New York City.

Best Answer

Hometown itself works for the purpose. Examples:

  1. "This month, managers and executives from U.S. Security Associates (USA) are making plans to gather in the security company’s hometown of Atlanta, Ga. for the ASIS International 60th Annual Seminar and Exhibits." -- Security Today

  2. "The catalogue is distributed both in stores and by mail, with most of it being produced by IKEA Communications AB in IKEA's hometown of Älmhult, Sweden where IKEA operates the largest photo studio in northern Europe at 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft)." -- Wikipedia

  3. "We're proud of our Georgia heritage, and more specifically that we call Atlanta our hometown. Our headquarters, known within the company as the Support Center for restaurant Operators, is located just outside of downtown." -- Chic-fil-a

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