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Eastalgia

Eastalgia noun: nostalgia for East Germany; Ostalgie.

Noun

Eastalgia (uncountable)

  1. Nostalgia for East Germany; Ostalgie

Origin of Eastalgia

Blend of East + nostalgia, a calque of German Ostalgie.

Questions about Eastalgia

What does Eastalgia mean?
Eastalgia means nostalgia for East Germany; Ostalgie.
What part of speech is Eastalgia?
Eastalgia is a noun.

Words near Eastalgia in the dictionary

  1. east-west
  2. East-West engine
  3. East-West engines
  4. East-West palm
  5. eastabout
  6. Eastalgia
  7. Eastampton
  8. Eastaugh
  9. Eastaughffe
  10. Eastbeach
  11. eastbound

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