nostalgia

noun
nos*tal*gia \ nä-ˈstal-jə \ nə- \ nȯ- \ nō- \ nə-ˈstäl- \
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  • a sad pleasure experienced in recalling what no longer exists : a wistful or sentimental yearning for a return to or the return of some real or romanticized past period or some irrecoverable past condition or setting; also : something that evokes nostalgia
  • the state of being homesick : homesickness
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