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1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.
[Origin: 1770–80; < NL < Gk nóst(os) a return home + -algia -algia ]
—Related forms nos·tal·gic, adjective nos·tal·gi·cal·ly, adverb
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