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What does "Hiraeth" mean?

"Does dim gair yn Saesneg am "hiraeth". There is no word in English for hiraeth. Hiraeth is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation; an approximation would be the longing, or yearning for home.

Hiraeth is the sense of being so much a part of a place -- and the place, a part of you -- that you feel forever incomplete when separated from it.

Finding one's true spiritual home. If you ever do, you know the meaning of hiraeth - there is no comparable word in English - it describes the feeling that true 'home' feels like, wherever.

Hiraeth can meaning a longing for many things, not just a homeland. I think it can even be used to mean nostalgia for times past, as opposed to place.