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home is where the heart is

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

One's true home is where one feels happiest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Bulgarian: домът е там, където е сърцето (domǎt e tam, kǎdeto e sǎrceto) — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 此心安處是吾家 /此心安处是吾家 — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Dutch: eigen haard is goud waard — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Finnish: koti on siellä, missä sydän on — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Finnish: oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • German: zu Hause ist wo dein Herz ist — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Irish: níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Italian: la casa è dove si trova il cuore — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Polish: tam dom twój, gdzie serce twoje — one's true home is where one feels happiest
  • Spanish: uno no es de donde nace, sino de donde pace — one's true home is where one feels happiest