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The police knew the whereabouts of the thief and thus could easily trap him.The police are anxious to hear from anyone who knows the whereabouts of the firearms.
to mean "in what place," 1450 A.D. (form 'whereabout', as declarative adjectival) is attested from c.1300). The noun is recorded from 1795.
Example sentence - There appeared to be no clarity in the response he gave when asked the questions of his whereabouts.
whence 'Whence' means 'from where' and is therefore not a synonym for 'where'. There is no exact complete one-word synonym for 'where', but in some contexts you could use such forms as 'wherever' or 'whereabouts' to mean 'where'. 'Where' can be replaced by several different phrases, for example 'in what place' or 'at which place', depending on the context.
The actress Lucy Thai seems to be a semi private person. At this time she has not shared her recent whereabouts with the media.