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noun
Synonym of ostealgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: ostealgia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
German nostalgia for the era of East Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ésth1 Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English -algia English ostalgia From osteo- + -algia.
Borrowed from German Ostalgie, a play on Ost (“east”) + Nostalgie (“nostalgia”).
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