hiraeth
Sign in to save'''''' () is a Welsh word for a type of longing or homesickness for Wales, particularly with a nostalgic character.
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It sits within the topics Culture of Cornwall, Culture of Wales and Nostalgia.
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'''''' () is a Welsh word for a type of longing or homesickness for Wales, particularly with a nostalgic character.
==Etymology== Derived from 'long' and (a nominal suffix creating an abstract noun from an adjective), the word is literally equivalent to English 'longing'. A less likely, but possible, etymology is 'long' + 'pain, grief, sorrow, longing'. In the earliest citations in early Welsh poetry it implies 'grief or longing after the loss or death of someone'.
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