Souvenir

A souvenir (from French 'a remembrance or memory'),^[1] memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance^[1] is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. A souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported home by the traveler as a memento of a visit. The object itself may have intrinsic value, or be a symbol of experience. Without the owner's input, the symbolic meaning is lost and cannot be articulated.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "souvenir". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ "Museum of the personal: the souvenir and nostalgia". byte-time.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.

[etym-1] "souvenir". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2011-03-05.

[museum-2] "Museum of the personal: the souvenir and nostalgia". byte-time.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.

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