hometown, forefather, origins, hotbed, boyhood, heartland, descendant, epicenter, ancestor, fertile crescent, roots, grandfather, heritage, descendent, ithaki, namesake, mecca, lineage, stronghold, grandson, hamlet, ancient, patron saint, gravesite, relic, native, numidia, homeland, pioneers, quincentenary, shrine, forebears, nippur, gautama siddhartha, hales, kashubian, father, centenary, eponym, crossroads, godfather, rebirth, centennial, mycenae, forbearer, congregationalist, bicentennial, mogul empire, statue, reincarnate, town, malay archipelago, pilgrimage, historic, leptis, timbuktu, ironmaster, tomb, reincarnation, monument, uncrowned, bastion, antonine wall, ruthenian, gaulish, ottoman turk, battleground, locale, alfonso xiii, nestorian, cassius marcellus clay, princedom, uncle, cradle, heyday, bayeux tapestry, gullahs, tricentennial, iroquoian, peloponnesus, birobidzhan, cosmopolis, paestum, millenary, graveyard, enactor, birth, village, patroness, stopover, backwater, crown jewel, grandparents, outskirts, legend, progressiveness, beginnings, gautama buddha, nowheresville, scrublands, budweis, harry hotspur, nativity, provenance, fatherland, forebear, motherland, names, origin, progenitor, surname, diocese, language, original, pronunciation, site

corse, corsica, gorki, gorkiy, gorky, mecca, middle east, mideast, near east, nizhni novgorod, nizhnyi novgorod, salzburg, stratford-on-avon, stratford-upon-avon

beginning, origin, place, root, source, spot, topographic point

cradle, place of birth, place of origin, provenance