You use whereabouts after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention precisely where something is situated or happens. I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives. the place or area where someone or something is
About where; near what or which place; used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? Concerning which; about which
where·abouts Pronounced for meaning 1., and for meaning 2..1. If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found. The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms
You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is. Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from? `I actually live near Chester.' --- `Whereabouts?'