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love of place so deep it feels like homesickness for somewhere you're standing in.
means an emotional attachment to a specific physical place, strong enough to shape identity and memory.
from coined by geographer yi-fu tuan in his 1974 book, fusing greek topos (place) and philia (love) to name what maps couldn't measure.
coineryi-fu tuan, humanist geographer, 1974
not nostalgiaattaches to present places, not just memory
sensory roottied to smell and light, not just sight
opposite existstopophobia describes dread of certain places
for instance
welsh hiraeth — a longing for homeland woven into welsh language and song
aboriginal songlines — australian routes where land and story are inseparable
proust's combray — a fictional village whose sensations define swann's way, 1913