hiraeth
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[edit] Welsh
[edit] Noun
hiraeth m. (uncountable)
- homesickness
- An intense form of longing or nostalgia
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[edit] Usage notes
Hiraeth is a difficult word to translate precisely. It and the Cornish hireth are said to be the only exact equivalents of the Portuguese saudade [1].
[edit] References
- ^ Williams, Robert. Lexicon Cornu-britannicum. pg.217
