# nostalgia

Pronunciation: say "no-STAL-juh" US /nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/, UK /nɒˈstæld͡ʒə/; AUS say "nuh-STAL-juh" /nəˈstæɫd͡ʒə/

## Noun

1. A bittersweet longing for the past and the things that belonged to it.
   - Simple: A happy but sad feeling when you think about good times in the past.
   - _The reunion stirred a powerful nostalgia for the summers they had spent at the lake._
   - _Retro sneakers and vinyl records sell partly on nostalgia for the 1980s._

## Noun

2. A longing for home or for familiar surroundings, especially when far away from them. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Missing your home or the places you know well when you are away.

## Origin

In 1688 Johannes Hofer coined New Latin nostalgia as a calque of German Heimweh, joining Ancient Greek nóstos ("returning home") and álgos ("pain"). No Ancient Greek word nostalgía is actually on record. French nostalgie, especially in literature, probably influenced the later, broader sense.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/nostalgia (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).