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揺籃の地 (yourannochi) Japanese meaning: birthplace | Kotomora
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し
ら
れ
て
いる
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This town is known as his birthplace.
Greece is said to be the cradle of democracy.
Related words 故こ 郷きょう 故郷 is the common word for one's hometown or native place, while 揺籃の地 is a more literary and figurative expression emphasizing origin.
生せい 誕たん 地ち 生誕地 is a neutral, factual term for birthplace, often used in biographies. 揺籃の地 carries a poetic or historical nuance.
Etymology Compound of 揺籃 (cradle) + の (possessive particle) + 地 (land/place). The phrase is a calque from Western expressions like 'cradle of civilization', using the metaphor of a cradle as the nurturing origin.
