How to pronounce nostalgia
American English pronunciation
nos-TAL-juh
- IPA
- /nɑˈstældʒə/
- Syllables
- nos · TAL · juh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What nostalgia means
A soft longing for the past
In a sentence: The old song brought a wave of nostalgia.
Where it comes from: Johannes Hofer made it up in 1688 from two Greek words, one meaning returning home and one meaning pain. He modeled it on the German word Heimweh.
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