querencias

Noun

querencia (plural querencias)

1. The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
   • Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962, New York: Review Books, published 10 October 2006, →ISBN, page 332
2. (New Mexico) homesickness, nostalgia
   • “We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”2022 May 5, Simon Romero, “‘Burning Down a Way of Life’: Wildfire Rips Through a Hispanic Bastion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2024