Souvenir

For other uses, see Souvenir (disambiguation).
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A souvenir (French for '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]

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